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This reads as a complaint about seasons that refuse to settle, with spring dragging on in a cold, unsettled way before summer finally arrives. It can be taken to mean that relief often comes only after a stretch of irritation and delay, and it lands for anyone waiting for a difficult period to pass and life to feel settled again.
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About Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", he helped shape the intellectual and artistic life of the Victorian era. His writing carried wide influence in his own time, especially among readers interested in history, ideas, and culture. He is remembered for a body of work that marked him as a major public thinker of the nineteenth century.
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Books by Thomas Carlyle
Sartor resartus
2002
The French Revolution
2002