----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Can someone confirm whether Charles Dickens dedicated the first edition of Hard Times to Thomas Carlyle? This does not appear in the modern editions of the novel. Perhaps it was suppressed after the Carlyle-Mill debate regarding Governor Eyre, a definite proof that our science was not so dismal, and that the so-called "progressive" intellectuals were full-fledged reactionaries that sided with pro-slavery Carlyle. Carlos Rodrmguez Braun ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]