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My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library

My books are very few, but then the world is before me – a library open to all – from which poverty of purse cannot exclude me – in which the meanest and most paltry volume is sure to furnish something to amuse, if not to instruct and improve. – Joseph Howe, 1824

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I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air. – Sholem Asch

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