First Period.
CHAPTER I.
THE PREPARATION.
(1805-1813).
Every noble work is at first "impossible." In very truth: for every noble work the possibilities will lie diffused through immensity, inarticulate, undiscoverable except to faith.
—Carlyle.
THE PREPARATION.
(1805-1813).
Every noble work is at first "impossible." In very truth: for every noble work the possibilities will lie diffused through immensity, inarticulate, undiscoverable except to faith.
—Carlyle.