. Crayon and character : truth made clear through eye and ear or ten-minute talks with colored chalks . ^f>^^. 170 I want to tell you the tragedy of a book—a great book. We allknow of Thomas Carlyles great work, The French Revolution.* Ofthis wonderful production it has been said that it is a history of theFrench Revolution and the poetry of it, both in one; and, on thewhole, no work of greater genius, either historical or poetical, hasbeen produced in England. I wonder if we have all heard of thetragedy of this great book and the sorrow which came to its author? One day, after Mr. Carlyle
. Crayon and character : truth made clear through eye and ear or ten-minute talks with colored chalks . ^f>^^. 170 I want to tell you the tragedy of a book—a great book. We allknow of Thomas Carlyles great work, The French Revolution.* Ofthis wonderful production it has been said that it is a history of theFrench Revolution and the poetry of it, both in one; and, on thewhole, no work of greater genius, either historical or poetical, hasbeen produced in England. I wonder if we have all heard of thetragedy of this great book and the sorrow which came to its author? One day, after Mr. Carlyle had finished the manuscript of thefirst volume of the work, completing the labors of months and years,and when he felt at last the relief which had tied his hands and hismind through this long period, he loaned the work to his close friend,John Stuart Mill. Before Mr. Mill had finished reading the manu-script, and as it lay scattered about his study, his servant girl, think-ing the pages were nothing but waste paper, gathered them up andstuffed them into her kitchen fire! Thus was the labor of weary,toilso
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