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The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...

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Who was it who said, 'I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish.'? Whoever it was, I agree with him.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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A. Edward Newton

A. Edward Newton

Born: 1863
Died: 1940 (aged 77)
Bio: Alfred Edward Newton was an American author, publisher, and avid book collector. He is best known for his book Amenities of Book Collecting which sold over 25,000 copies.
Known for:
  1. A magnificent farce (1921)
  2. A Tourist in Spite of Himself (1930)
  3. Derby Day and Other Adventures (1934)
  4. The Trollope Society (1934)

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