Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst.…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). Essays, p.10, Xist Publishing
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