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Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.
Ralph Waldo Emerson The American Scholar; Self-Reliance. Compensation
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Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

The American Scholar; Self-Reliance. Compensation

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