Thursday, October 22, 2015

Daily Dose


From A Saintsbury Miscellany: Selections from His Essays and Scrap Books, by George Saintsbury

CARLYLE

"Afflicted wirth curious patches of mental blindness as to some things in books and life; but not seriously damaged as to his vision and creation in others.  Not likely to be a happy man and only too likely to make others unhappy, without the slightest intention of doing so, or indeed clear perception of having done it..."

From Personal Sketches

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