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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.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from read more
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
Walk with and warn us!
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
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.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
