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There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight

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This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.

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No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

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Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

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Properly we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

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Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.

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Literature is language charged with meaning

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Literature is news that stays news.