Excerpt from Masters of Literature, CarlyleCarlyle's life, like that Of most men Of letters, was unbroken by any great external incident. He made no attempt to enter public life or to in¿uence the world except through his writings. The interest Of his biography lies in the development Of his mind and the formation Of his Opinions, its chief events are the successive appearances Of his books.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.