Charles Eastman vs. Thomas Carlyle
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Charles Eastman
1858 – 1939
Charles Alexander Eastman was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs" in the early 20th century.
"The surveyors of the Union Pacific were laying out the proposed road through the heart of the southern buffalo country ... some of the smaller and weaker tribes…"
Thomas Carlyle
1795 – 1881
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era.
"Why not? What is to hinder this Samson from governing? There is in him what far transcends all apprenticeships; in the man himself there exists a model of gover…"
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