In books lies the soul fo the whole past time. Autore: Thomas Carlyle Copy Quote More from Thomas Carlyle “What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finishe…” “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what l…” “For there was need once more of a Divine Revelation to the torpid frivolous chi…” “My books are friends that never fail me."(Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Car…”