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An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.

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Augustine Birrell
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