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 | | On the lonely Scotish moors at Craigenputtock there had been little or nothing to tempt Carlyle to deviate from his singleness of purpose; but London opened up alluring avenues to a literary life which might have led to freedom from material cares, to comfort, perhaps even to affluence. |
 | | The English reading world did not, at first, know what to make of this strange history, and more than it had known what to make of Sartor; but it was, at least, quicker to feel the power of the book; and enthusiastic recognition soon began to pour in from the most unexpected quarters. |
 | | Fame come at last, the right kind of fame, a fame, too that, in course of time, brought reasonable remuneration in its train. |
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