The panting breathless haste and vehemence of a man struggling in the thick of battle for life and salvation; this is the mood he is in! (Thomas Carlyle)

The panting breathless haste and vehemence of a man struggling in the thick of battle for life and salvation; this is the mood he is in!

Thomas Carlyle

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