Thomas Carlyle opposed the new industrial society, especially in Past and Present pg. 477. "England is full of wealth, of multifarious produce, supply for human want in every kind; yet England is dying of inanition." I believe what Carlyle is saying is that we have people who are unemployed, yet the rich continue to enjoy. The poor stay poor and the rich get richer. He blames the British leadership for the shape that his country is in.
Carlyle started out to be a preacher (really for his parents), but soon realized that pursuing a dream for others, he would fail himself. He became a rebel in his own right. His sense of religion was his belief of a friendly ruler of an orderly universe.
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Glroia,
OK posting. Good quotation from Carlyle to discuss, but your discussion doesn't really go far enough. Your second paragraph doesn't seem very connected to your first one, either.
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