Bessent, Thomas, Stanesby, Samuel · London : Griffith & Farran, corner of St. Paul's Chruch · leaf 11
S good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose, to a life beyond death. Milton. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to…
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