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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
Carlyle, Thomas. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. London: James Fraser, 1841.
Why this matters here
Carlyle's 1840 lectures present history through heroes whose thought and character give form to their age. The World We Make Together grants the human-scale appeal of that Great Man frame, then refuses self-sufficiency: individuals matter without becoming the whole explanation of shared power.
