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We call some books immortal! Do they live?
If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
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We call some books immortal! Do they live?
If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
In you are sent
The types of Truths whose life is The To Come;
In you soars read more
In you are sent
The types of Truths whose life is The To Come;
In you soars up the Adam from the fall;
In you the Future as the Past is given--
Ev'n in our death ye bid us hail our birth;--
Unfold these pages, and behold the Heaven,
Without one grave-stone left upon the Earth.
Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.
Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
