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36074	Carlyle, Thomas	Life of Robert Burns			.txt	text/plain	31541	1245	67	"The first time I saw Edward Irving," writes Mr. Carlyle in 1835, "was six-and-twenty years ago, in his native town, Annan. upon a young mind of intellectual ambition." The advice here given to Mr. Carlyle by his critic, was followed by him in so far that, in 1827, he a greater power over the minds of men, and the general system of life, uniformly treats Burns as the high and remarkable man the public voice has true Poet, a man in whose heart resides some effluence of Wisdom, some In this respect, Burns, though not perhaps absolutely a great poet, better popular in Burns's time, were little distinguished for their literary It was little in Burns's character to let his feelings on certain subjects True, Burns had little means, had even little time for poetry, A man like Burns might have divided his hours between poetry and virtuous	./cache/36074.txt	./txt/36074.txt