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The true university of these days is a collection of books.

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(Quoted by Thomas Carlyle) The rude man requires only to see something going on. The man of more refinement must be made to feel. The man of complete ...more

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Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books.

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No magic Rune is stranger than a Book. All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lyingas in magic preservation in the pages of Books. ...more

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My books are friends that never fai

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All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

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All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.

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If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.