phlegethons

Updated: January 10, 2026

As Carlyle says, 'The restless, gnawing ennui which, like a dark, dim, ocean flood, communicating with the Phlegethons and Stygian deeps, begirdles every human life so guided is it not the painful cry even of that imprisoned heroism?... You ask for happiness.

William Edward Hartpole Lecky - The Map of Life: Conduct and Character