Last words of Thomas Carlyle - Warburg Institute

—248 LETTEES WEITTEN BY THOJMAS CARLYLE TObid him live long as a veteran very precious to us.Your king did no act that got him more votes from-the instructed part of this Community, than that ofhis recalling Tiek in the way he did, to a countrywhere he was indeed unique, and which had goodreason to be proud of him.I have read the new volume of * Denkwiirdigkeiten' ; and am veritably called to thank you, not inmy private capacity alone, but as a speaker for thePublic withal.If the Public thought as I do on suchmatters,—that is to say, if the Public were not moreor less a blockhead—the Public would say to itself,'This is the kind of thing that before all others isgood for me at present !of memorable actions and events, inThis, to give me an accountmore and morecompact, intelligent, illuminative form, evolving forme more and more the real essence of said actionsand events,this is Literature, Art, Poetry, or whatname you like to give it ;this is the real problem thewriting-man has to solve for me, at present.' Trulyif I had command over you, I should say, * Memoirs,and ever new Memoirs ! ' There are no books thatgive me solively an impression of modern Facts asthese of yours do. Withal I get a view as if into thevery heart of Prussia thro' them ; which also is highlyvaluable to me. I can only bid you persevere, give uswhat is possible ; and must reflect with regret thatone man's capabilities in such respect are limited andnot unlimited.—Last week too I have read, with the