An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.

Quote by Augustine Birrell

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Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we...

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we...

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

Libraries are not made, they grow

Libraries are not made, they grow

Libraries are not made, they grow.

Libraries are not made, they grow.

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without...

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without...

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we...

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we...

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least...

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least...