In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but t…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern boxes. ✨ Society and Solitude and Other Essays.
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