Last words of Thomas Carlyle - Warburg Institute

;IGOEXCURSION TO PARIScompared with Manchester or the others of that region!It is true the press of business seemed a greatdeal more moderate. Our railway station, roofedwith glass, was equal to the Carlisle one ;(refreshment room), &c., all in order ;smoke under conditions.'buffet 'and they let usIn twenty minutes some othertrain got in to join us ; and we took our flight againthrough space.Country still chalk : we cross and again cross theSeine river, swift but not higgei-looking than theThames at Chelsea : fine hills, fine villages, with duefringing of wood; a really pleasant landscape for manya mile. Pass 'Vernon,' battle-scene of Conventionwith Charlotte Corday's people : not notable farther.Town of [ ] visible, all in white stone and ruralpurity, on my right.At Mantes we stop ten minutesfine houses with their French windows and blindshung over our station: 'Mantes, je crois, Monsieur!''and away we go again. A swift ' method of travelling; swift and nothing more ! The land, I observe,is all divided into ribbons ; petite culture with avengeance. Beans and legumes probably the chiefgrowth. Ploughing shallow and ill-done : certainlythe Seine valley, which ought to be one of therichestin the world, was not well cultivated, nor by this plancould it be. Copses are pretty frequent ; at length weget into vineyards. But still the ribbon subdivisionlasts; pleasant to the eye only, not to the mind.Towards four p.m. see symptoms of approach to Paris: