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“An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.”
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“Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”
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“Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”
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“Libraries are not made; they grow.”
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“Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. ”
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“The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.”
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“Any ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.”
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“An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which is is possible to be happy.”
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