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Past and Present, by Thomas Carlyle
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Title: Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Release Date: July 31, 2008 [EBook #26159]
Language: English
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THOMAS CARLYLE'S
COLLECTED WORKS.
LIBRARY EDITION. IN THIRTY VOLUMES.
VOL. XIII. PAST AND PRESENT.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL (LIMITED), 11 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
PAST AND PRESENT.
BY
THOMAS CARLYLE.
Ernst ist das Leben. SCHILLER.
[1843.]
CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
PROEM.
CHAP. PAGE
I. Midas 3
II. The Sphinx 10
III. Manchester Insurrection 19
IV. Morrison's Pill 29
V. Aristocracy of Talent 34
VI. Hero-Worship 41
BOOK II.
THE ANCIENT MONK.
I. Jocelin of Brakelond 51
II. St. Edmundsbury 60
III. Landlord Edmund 65
IV. Abbot Hugo 73
V. Twelfth Century 79
VI. Monk Samson 84
VII. The Canvassing 92
VIII. The Election 96
IX. Abbot Samson 105
X. Government 112
XI. The Abbot's Ways 117
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