Probably carlyle would have described him as a "meeserable creature."
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
"All work," says Thomas carlyle, "is noble: work alone is noble.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
"Choose well, your choice is brief and yet endless," says carlyle.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair