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LAW / HISTORY > essayist, historian > Thomas Carlyle
The Public is an old woman. Let her maunder and mumble.
Source: Journal, 1835 -- Thomas Carlyle, (Dec 4 1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian; He was considered one of the era's great sages and man of letters; wrote The French Revolution, 1837.