FEINBERG/WHITMAN NOTES and NOTEBOOKS NOTES--Reference UNDATED Carlyle's Theory--commonest people will
Box 42 Folder 61      not work


974

Carlyle: Commonest People Will Not Work. A.MS. (1p. 12 x
10 cm.)

Written in pencil on a scrap torn form the corner of a lined piece
(on the verso) of stationery, 46 words:

answer the point, the gratest in Carlyles whole theory, viz: That
the mass of commonest people "hoofs & hobnails," "nigger Cushers,"
[?]&c, &c, are imbruted & lazy, will not work of their
own volition, & must be made to work, &c
-----would
We provide for it

answer the point the
greatest in Carlyles whole
theory, viz: That the
mass of commonest
people "hoofs + hobnails", 
"nigger Cusheee" +c +c,
are imbruted + lazy, 
will not work of their
own volition + must
be made to work +c.
Would
We [?] for it

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