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“ Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. ”

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An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.

~ Augustine Birrell

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The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

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Augustine Birrell Contemplation Existence Libraries

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

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