Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 1997-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 497 Carlyle, Thomas 1795 1881 Carlyle, T. (Thomas) Latter-Day Pamphlets Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter-Day_Pamphlets The present time -- Model prisons -- Downing street -- The new Downing street -- Stumporator -- Parliaments -- Hudson's statue -- Jesuitism Produced by Ron Burkey, and David Widger "Latter-Day Pamphlets" by Thomas Carlyle is a collection of essays written during the mid-19th century. The work examines the dramatic societal changes and the pressing issues of the time, particularly focusing on themes like democracy, social responsibility, and the role of leadership in an increasingly chaotic and disorganized world. Carlyle critiques the political landscape, emphasizing a need for genuine leadership and moral integrity in governance, especially in the context of the revolutions sweeping across Europe. The opening of "Latter-Day Pamphlets" sets a somber tone, reflecting on the tumultuous state of contemporary society marked by upheaval and confusion. Carlyle begins with a poetic evocation of the "twelfth hour of the Night," suggesting an urgent need for a new moral awakening as old systems of power demonstrate themselves as hollow and ineffective. Through a series of vivid examples, he critiques the "Reforming Pope" and the eruptions of democracy, discussing how these movements reveal both societal decay and a call for deeper transformation. He speaks of universal despair, calamity, and the consequences of a society that has adhered too long to illusions and falsehoods. Carlyle pleads for awareness and action to pursue genuine reform and truth, establishing a foundational argument for the essays that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Social problems Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century HN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 509088 2025-07-01T08:26:24.979856 text/html 501725 2017-08-19T08:43:52 text/html; charset=us-ascii 260098 2025-07-01T08:26:31.067854 application/epub+zip 266102 2025-07-01T08:26:26.804890 application/epub+zip 266103 2025-07-01T08:26:25.692860 application/epub+zip 444912 2025-07-01T08:26:34.563845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420014 2025-07-01T08:26:30.425883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396024 2022-09-01T09:38:49.715828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458054 2023-10-01T07:56:19.536927 text/plain 16267 2025-07-01T08:26:34.694798 application/rdf+xml 13613 2025-07-01T08:26:26.172836 image/jpeg 3633 2025-07-01T08:26:25.930861 image/jpeg 254813 2025-07-01T08:26:25.019850 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia