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In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation: here therefore, by silence and by speech acting together, comes a double significance. . .

Source: Teufelsdr?ckh, in Sartor Resartus, bk. 3, ch. 3 (1833 --34).
-- 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.

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