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Man Quotes by Augustine Birrell
- The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.
- Any 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…
- Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste,…
- 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…
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