Last words of Thomas Carlyle - Warburg Institute

— I280 LETTERS "WRITTEN BY THOMAS CARLYLE TOcalled it a gewaltiges subject ; I have often bethoughtme of that term,— and that if I had beentwenty years younger, it might have suited better !but now, there is no help;—struggle thro' to thefarther side, or else drown : that is the condition.slowly printing,—We are now at last fairly at Press ;flying slowly ahead. In another twelvemonth (if allcan hold out)there may be three volumes ready,down to Deer. 1745 ;—and the worst part of thejob done. Taliter qualiter, dreadfully taliter indeed !—At present I am in very great want of books. Magazines,Essays, or any real Elucidations by persons ofveracity and insight, about the two Silesian wars(1740, 1744). 'Guerre de Boheme,' *Espagnac,'(Marshal Saxe) and the terrible imbroglio called'Helden-, Staats- und Lebens-Geschichte,' are almostmy only resources hitherto.Miss Wynne, you doubtless know, is at Heidelberg.My Wife was sadly ill the whole of last winter ; and isstill too weak. Milnes is looking towards Heidelbergtoo, he tells me. Weather is very hot ; News fromIndia, &c. &c. :good news in fact are scarce.Yours ever truly,T. Cablyle.