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Show ABOUT BOOKS. Wo can take reproof patiently from a book, but not from a tongue. Tho book hurts not our prldo, tho living reprover docs. T. Adams. Ho thnt loveth a book will never want n faithful friend, a wholcsomo counsellor, n cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. Barrow. Books aro tho masters who Instruct us without rods and ferules, without hard words and anger, without clothes or money. Richard do Bury. My maxims aro never to begin n book without finishing It; never to consider it without knowing It, nnd to study with a wholo mind. Buxton. Dreams, books, aro each a world; and books, wo know, Aro a substantial world, both puro and good. Wordsvorth. If tho secret history of books could bo written, how many Insipid volumes vol-umes would becomo interesting and dull talcs excite tho reader! Thackeray. Thack-eray. o |