...As I take it," says Carlyle, " Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have \T >rked here." So all absorbing seems in his philosophy the leadership of the leaders. We may go farther...

...History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators,...

...has said, in his Lectures on Hero-worship, that "the history of whatever man hae accomplished in this world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked here." But the masterly view« of human destiny, taken from such hills of vision, as truly great men furnish,...

...and passim ' For, as I take it, universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked there.' 'notice — nay, in the long run, who and what else is?' Himself deficient in the faculty of...

...of his brilliant and able lectures on " Hero Worship," speaking of great men, says : — " I take it Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished...the history of the great men who have worked here. All that we see accomplished in the world, is the realization of thoughts that dwell in great men....

...to found a new dispensation. " Universal History, the History of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. These were the leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators,...

...History itself. For, as I take it, Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators,...

...be regarded as the world's gallery of great men, for, as Thomas Carlyle remarks, " Universal history is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked here." All nations, whether ancient or modern, have had their great men ; and whatever period of time is studied,...

...he, in the opening discourse, ' universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the 'history of the great men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns, and, in a wide sense, creators...

...marks epochs. "Universal history," says Carlyle, "the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked there." And Newman unwittingly completes Carlyle's thought: "A few highly endowed men will redeem the...