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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 10479 |
| QUOTATION: | The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), Scottish essayist, historian. Letter, May 13, 1853, to Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Carlyle Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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