But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the librar…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the library. Who shall estimate their influence on our population where all the millions read and write ? It is the joy of nations that man can communicate all his thoughts, discoveries and virtues to records that may last for centuries. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1921). Representative men. Miscellanies
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