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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

— Henry Ward Beecher

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  2. Words are pegs to hang ideas on.
  3. To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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  5. The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.
  6. Now comes the mystery.
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Topics in this quote

  • books
  • human nature
  • knowledge
  • reading

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