If humanity were to lose its libraries, not only would it be deprived of certain treasures of art, certain spiritual riches, but, more important still, it would lose its recipes for living.


pp. 17-18 - Défense des Lettres [In Defense of Letters] (1937)


If humanity were to lose its libraries, not only would it be deprived of certain treasures of art, certain spiritual riches, but, more important...

If humanity were to lose its libraries, not only would it be deprived of certain treasures of art, certain spiritual riches, but, more important...

If humanity were to lose its libraries, not only would it be deprived of certain treasures of art, certain spiritual riches, but, more important...

If humanity were to lose its libraries, not only would it be deprived of certain treasures of art, certain spiritual riches, but, more important...