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"We observe with confidence that the truly strong mind, view it as intellect or morality, or under any other aspect, is nowise the mind acquainted with its strength; that here the sign of health is unconsciousness."
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Source: Thomas Carlyle (1881). “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished”, p.4
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