"God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages."

William Ellery Channing, American Writer

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"God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages."

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