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Radio ... is now the chief agent of imperialism. It does not purify the spirit of man, does not, like the book, bring him back to the sanctuary of solitude, but throws him to the lions, subtly preparing his mind for the blood and chains of public sacrifice.

— Georges Duhamel In Defense of Letters (1937)

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Culture is at once the expression and the reward of an effort, and any system of civilization which tends to relax effort will suffer a corresponding depreciation of culture.

Défense des Lettres [In Defense of Letters (1937)

For many people in the future, radio will take the place of an inner life.

Défense des Lettres [In Defense of Letters (1937)

Books are the friends of solitude. They develop individuality and freedom. In solitary reading a man who is seeking himself has some chance of finding himself.

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In books may be found the recipes for manufacture of a steam-engine alongside the recipes for daily living—the prescriptions for the mind and the heart.

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What a teacher imparts by word of mouth is nothing in comparison with what he teaches us to get for ourselves from books.

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