Download or read book Thomas Carlyle, Vol. 1 of 2 written by James Anthony Froude and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thomas Carlyle, Vol. 1 of 2: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life; 1795 1835 Mr. Carlyle expressed a desire in his will that of him no biography should be written. I find the same relue tance in his Journal. No one, he said, was likely to understand a history, the secret of which was unknown to his closest friends. He hoped that his wishes would be respected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.