He has a mild grave face; a thoughtful sternness, a sorrowful pity: but there is a terrible flash of anger in him too. (Thomas Carlyle)

He has a mild grave face; a thoughtful sternness, a sorrowful pity: but there is a terrible flash of anger in him too.

Thomas Carlyle

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