non-introduction

Updated: July 28, 2026

All true Reformers, as I said, are by the nature of them Priests, and strive for a Theocracy. How far such Ideals can ever be introduced into Practice, and at what point our impatience with their non-introduction ought to begin, is always a question. I think we may say safely, Let them introduce themselves as far as they can contrive to do it!

Thomas Carlyle - On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History