10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America. Imagine you have a brother and he’s an alcoholic.
He has his moments, but you keep your distance from him. You don’t mind him for the occasional family gathering or holiday. You still love him. THE BURIED LIFE. Thomas Carlyle. No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
Thomas Carlyle (December 4 1795 – February 5 1881) was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. He was the husband of Jane Welsh Carlyle.