A. L. Rowse, 'The English Spirit', The English Spirit: Essays in History and Literature (1944), p. 37
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If you want one great name in English literature that sums up all that England does not stand for, a bitter spirit, sour, an extravagant, a worshipper of force and of the führerprinzip, it can be said in one name: Carlyle.
— A. L. Rowse on Thomas Carlyle
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About A. L. Rowse
Alfred Leslie Rowse CH FBA FRSL FRHistS (4 December 1903 – 3 October 1997) was a British historian and author of books about England's Elizabethan era.
About A. L. Rowse
Alfred Leslie Rowse CH FBA FRSL FRHistS (4 December 1903 – 3 October 1997) was a British historian and author of books about England's Elizabethan era.
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