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There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector.
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays (1905)
It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays (1905)
Personally, I am dead against the burning of books.
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays (1905)
Great is bookishness and the charm of books.
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays (1905)
There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven.
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays (1905)
It can never be wrong to give pleasure.
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays (1905)
Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! […] By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the paper-eating insect, ravenous as he once was, has done comparatively little mischief.
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays (1905)