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The Ambition of Thomas Carlyle

“I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.”-Thomas Carlyle (born on this date in 1795)
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“I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.”
-Thomas Carlyle (born on this date in 1795)

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