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Quote by Stephen Leacock
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room;

If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – Stephen Leacock

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