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"Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen."
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Source: Thomas Carlyle (1891). “The Socialism and Unsocialism of Thomas Carlyle: Introduction, by the editor. Book I. Proem. Book II. The modern worker. Book III. Signs of the times. Book IV. Horoscope. Essay on the genius and tendency of the writings of Thomas Carlyle, by Joseph Mazzini. v. 2. Book V. The French revolution. Book VI. Horoscope. Essay on the genius and tendency of the writings of Thomas Carlyle, by Joseph Mazzini”
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