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The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away f

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. – James Bryce

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Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce

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He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a plain son of the people unaided by any gifts of fortune. – James Bryce

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Presidents Day
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There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut. – James Bryce

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A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement. – Holbrook Jackson

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Titles of Books.—Decoys to catch purchasers. – Paul Chatfield

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The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary. – Italo Calvino

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I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go into the library and read a good book. – Groucho Marx

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