Not all his men may sever this, It yields to friends', not monarchs', calls; My whinstone house my castle is- I have my own four walls. (Thomas Carlyle)

Not all his men may sever this, It yields to friends', not monarchs', calls; My whinstone house my castle is- I have my own four walls.

Thomas Carlyle

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