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THOMAS CARLYLE'S

COLLECTED WORKS.


LIBRARY EDITION.
_IN THIRTY VOLUMES._


VOL. XIII.
PAST AND PRESENT.


LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL (LIMITED),
11 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.




PAST AND PRESENT.

BY

THOMAS CARLYLE.



    Ernst ist das Leben.
                         SCHILLER.

[1843.]




CONTENTS.


BOOK I.

PROEM.

 CHAP.                             PAGE

    I. Midas                          3

   II. The Sphinx                    10

  III. Manchester Insurrection       19

   IV. Morrison's Pill               29

    V. Aristocracy of Talent         34

   VI. Hero-Worship                  41


BOOK II.

