What is Carlyle's fundamental philosophy regarding 'Work', as articulated passionately across texts like 'Sartor Resartus' and 'Past and Present'?
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Correct answer: All true work is sacred; through it one purges doubt, finds identity, orders chaos.
Carlyle famously proclaims, 'Laborare est Orare' (To work is to pray). He believes that speculative philosophy and endless self-interrogation lead only to doubt and despair, whereas practical, honest labor anchors a person in reality. He urges everyone to 'Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it, in God’s name!'
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