To Thomas Carlyle who, upon learning that his chairwoman had inadvertently burned his just-finished manuscript of The French Revolution, began writing it again.
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After the completed manuscript of the first volume was accidentally burned by the philosopher John Stuart Mill's maid, Carlyle wrote the second and third volumes before rewriting the first from scratch.
Hahaha. Der Arme.
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