Augustine Birrell Quote
Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! […] By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the paper-eating insect, ravenous as he once was, has done comparatively little mischief.
"Bookworms" - In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
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