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“ It may seem contradictory, but in the languid tropics one spends more time contemplating those great good things of sound and sight and smell. ”

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If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

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We seek God so earnestly, Eliav reflected, not to find Him but to discover ourselves.

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Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without libraries, I would be a pauper, intellectually and spiritually.

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Over a hundred German scientists arrived here [Huntsville] at eleven o’clock on an April morning and by nightfall more than sixty had applied for cards at the free library.

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