Over the front of an Egyptian library of the time of Rameses III. were graven these expressive words:
"The nourishment of the soul."
Books may be called ancient bottles, where in skins of the goat, the calf, and the sheep are stored the rarest wines, expressed and fermented, of the teeming human brain. Books hold, ever ready for our daily use, the wisdom of sages, the learning of scholars, the fancy of story-tellers, and the song of poets; the best thoughts of the best thinkers; the very essence of the highest mental powers in their happiest moments of inspiration.
Books are, moreover, the best of companions; they are the steadiest of friends; we know where to find them in our time of need.
"The nourishment of the soul."
Books may be called ancient bottles, where in skins of the goat, the calf, and the sheep are stored the rarest wines, expressed and fermented, of the teeming human brain. Books hold, ever ready for our daily use, the wisdom of sages, the learning of scholars, the fancy of story-tellers, and the song of poets; the best thoughts of the best thinkers; the very essence of the highest mental powers in their happiest moments of inspiration.
Books are, moreover, the best of companions; they are the steadiest of friends; we know where to find them in our time of need.
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