Thomas Carlyle/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Thomas Carlyle.

(1795 – 1881) Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian; a conservative, known for his analysis of how revolutionary cultures turn into repressive dogmatisms, and also for his distaste for democracy and for arguments used in defence of slavery.