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Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
The newest books are those that never grow old.
The newest books are those that never grow old.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and that mine read more
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a
book.
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.
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
