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Title: Heroes and hero worship
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Subjects: Heroes
Publisher: Chicago : W. B. Conkey company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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eye for theworld, this Mahomet; with a certain directnessand rugged vigor, he brings home still, to ourheart, the thing his own heart has been openedto. I make but little of his praises of Allah,which many praise; they are borrowed I sup-pose mainly from the Hebrew, at least theyare far surpassed there. But the eye thatflashes direct into the heart of things, and seesthe truth of them; this is to me a highly inter-esting object. Great Natures own gift; whichshe bestows on all; but which only one in thethousand does not cast sorrowfully away; it iswhat I call sincerity of vision; the test of asincere heart. Mahomet can work no miracles; he oftenanswers impatiently; I can work no miracles.I? I am a Public Teacher; appointed topreach this doctrine to all creatures. Yet theworld, as we can see, had really from of oldbeen all one great miracle to him. Look overthe world, says he; is it not wonderful, thework of Allah; wholly a sign to you, if youreyes were open! This Earth, God made it for
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Mahomet dictated his sacred book.—Page 91. Heroes and Hero Worship. LECTURES ON HEROES. 97 you; appointed paths in it; you can livein it, go to and fro in it.—The clouds in thedry country of Arabia, to Mahomet they arevery wonderful: Great clouds, he says, bornin the deep bosom of the Upper Immensity,where do thy come from! They hang there,the great black monsters; pour down theirrain-deluges to revive a dead earth, andgrass springs, and.tall leafy palm-trees withtheir date-clusters hanging round. Is not thata sign? Your cattle, too,—Allah made them;serviceable dumb creatures; they change thegrass into milk; you have your clothing fromthem, very strange creatures; they come rank-ing home at evening-time, and, adds he,and are a credit to you! Ships also,—hetalks often about ships: Huge moving moun-tains, they spread out their cloth wings, gobounding through the water there, Heavenswind driving them; anon they lie motionless,God has withdrawn the wind, they lie dead,and cannot s

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