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Thomas Carlyle - I said, the Great Man was always as...
I said, the Great Man was always as lightning out of Heaven; the rest of men waited for him like fuel, and then they too would flame. (Thomas Carlyle)

I said, the Great Man was always as lightning out of Heaven; the rest of men waited for him like fuel, and then they too would flame.

Thomas Carlyle

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