"Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes."

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"Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes."

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"If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads."

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"It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the time to read them, but one usually confuses the purchase of books with the acquisition of their contents."

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"And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?"

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