In books lies the soul fo the whole past time. Author: Thomas Carlyle Copy Quote More from Thomas Carlyle “In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of …” “But figure his thought, when Death is now clutching at his own heart-strings, u…” “Let me have my own way in exactly everything and a sunnier and pleasanter creat…” “Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from…”