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THOMAS CARLYLE: (1795 - 1881) Scottish author and historian who stressed the need for a strong, p...

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THOMAS CARLYLE: (1795 - 1881) Scottish author and historian who stressed the need for a strong, p...
THOMAS CARLYLE: (1795 - 1881) Scottish author and historian who stressed the need for a strong, paternalistic government and a believer that "heroes" molded history. A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., "Chelsea"[?], Sept. 30, 1849 answering the inquiries of a correspondent and writes in part: "...Blackstone's Commentaries...enjoys a high character as a popular 'Digest of the Laws of England": it is very clear easy reading...no other Book worth mentioning on this matter is known to me, or occurs at this moment. Then as to 'Statistics' I believe McCulloch's Statistics of the British Empire...contains, with more exactness and completeness than is at all common, whatever can be collected on that subject; and is the Book you ought chiefly and first of all to consult; the Author has compiled a Commercial Dictionary too, which might throw light on your researches, but this not so directly a work of statistics..." Usual folds, light soiling, otherwise very good. $100-150