A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous an…

Edward Abbey
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A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.31, RosettaBooks
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A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.31, RosettaBooks

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