414 ETHICS 



of Craigenputtock, in the supreme solitude of the human wilderness 

 of London, with a seriousness which still to-day proves to be soul- 

 wooing and soul- winning : " Centuries have passed that thou might- 

 est be born, and centuries are waiting in dumb expectation of what 

 thou wilt accomplish with this life, now that it has begun." And 

 what this life can offer Carlyle, by combining the thoughts of Fichte 

 and of Goethe, has united in the call: 



" Work and despair not." 



