"Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of……" — Edwin Percy Whipple

"Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times past become time present, and the whole pageantry of the world's history moves in solemn procession before our eyes, -these were to visit the firesides of the humble and lavish the treasures of the intellect upon the poor."

— Edwin Percy Whipple

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