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Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more ...more

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I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county,...more

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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

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This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to t...more

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I cannot live without books.