It's 'the most notable moment'

"Inevery phenomenon, the beginning remains always the most notable moment. Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what wedo."  - Thomas Carlyle 

 

Bornin Scotland on Dec. 4, 1795, Carlyle was a philosopher, teacher and journalistwhose work influenced a generation of Victorian era writers, including CharlesDickens and Ralph Waldo Emerson.  

 

Hewas mesmerized by the concept of how "heroes" in our world shapedpeople’s hopes and aspirations and created the basis for great writing - orwriter’s moments, if you will.  Primarily an essayist for severalmajor newspapers, he also wrote a dozen books, the most famous being OnHeroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. 

 

Beyondhis writing, Carlyle was a champion for the establishment of greatlibraries.  Often frustrated with the lack of good books in society,he was instrumental in founding the London Library and making books availableto a broader reading public.

 

“Inbooks lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of thePast, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like adream," he wrote . "The greatest university of all is a collection ofbooks.”