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The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an ivory tower or a quiet room in a sanitarium facing away from the afternoon sun.

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Give a man a hoe and he is something to exploit. Give him a book and he is something to fear.

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Bio: Eric Burns is an American author, playwright, media critic, and former broadcast journalist.
Known for:
  1. The joy of books
  2. The Spirits Of America
  3. 1920: The Year that Made the Decade Roar
  4. The Smoke of the Gods

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