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Thomas Carlyle Quotes:

Ocupation: Philosopher

Life: December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881

Birthday: December 4

Death: February 5

A stammering man is never a worthless one. Physiology can tell you why. It is an excess of sensibility to the presence of his fellow creature, that makes him stammer.

- Thomas Carlyle

source: Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 17 November (1843)

topic: Men, Anxiety, Excess, Stammering, Social Anxiety

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