It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.
Man is at the bottom an animal midway a citizen and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.
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Man is at the bottom an animal midway a citizen and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.
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