W.e. ChanningGod be thanked for books! they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
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Books are the voices of the distant and the dead; they give us access to the thoughts and memories of other people who came before us. They make us heirs of the spiritual life of other people, who lived before us.
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