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This book for men alone is meant,
Book-worms, or bibliophiles anent,
Of solid mind, of serious bent,
On curious, hidden books intent,
On odd research and learning.

— Henry Spencer Ashbee Centuria Librorum Absconditorum (1879)

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No book exists, however bad,
From which some good may not be had.

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