Thursday, May 23, 2019
Faith of Our Fathers
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, Lecture I:
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I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other. It is, for one thing, the latest; it continued in these regions of Europe till the eleventh century: eight-hundred years ago the Norwegians were still worshippers of Odin. It is interesting also as the creed of our fathers; the men whose blood still runs in our veins, whom doubtless we still resemble in so many ways.
