Vol. X. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link book Vol. X. (of XXI.) 22/26 Literary Eminences, who are generally of Theological vesture; any follower of Philosophy, especially if he be of refined manners withal, or known in fashionable life, is sure to attract him; and gains ample recognition at Reinsberg or on Town-visits. But the Berlin Theological or Literary world at that time, still more the Berlin Social, like a sunk extinct object, continues very dim in those old records; and to say truth, what features we have of it do not invite to miraculous efforts for farther acquaintance. Venerable Beausobre, with his _History of the Manicheans, [_Histoire critique de Manichee et du Manicheisme:_ wrote also _Remarques &c. sur le Nouveau Testament,_ which were once famous; _Histoire de la Reformation;_ &c. &c. |