Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881
Birthday: December 4
Death: February 5
May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.
source: Thomas Carlyle, Charles Richard Sanders, Clyde de L. Ryals, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Kenneth J. Fielding (1970). “The collected letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle”
topic: Book, Blessing, May, Phoenicians