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He has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world, and the glories of a modern one.

He has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world, and the glories of a modern one.

Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
Henry W. Longfellow
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Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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Recorded source
Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)

Page 152 · printed citation: Longfellow · subject: Library

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