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Teufelsdröckh as a man not only who would never wed, but who would never even flirt; whom the grand-climacteric itself, and _St.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
jaime_d commented on the word grand-climacteric
the year of life, usually figured to be the 63rd, supposed to be especially critical
from Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus"
January 11, 2009