Richard Brinsley Sheridan :
Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.
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Libraries
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Kindness
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Knowledge
Gift it
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