"The only true equalisers in the world are books; the only treasure-house open to all comers is a library; the only wealth which will not decay is knowledge; the only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom."

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Source : John Alfred Langford (1880). “The Praise of Books as Said and Sung by English Authors: Selected with a Preliminary Essay on Books”

John Alfred Langford

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