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Augustine Birrell - An ordinary man can surround...
An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. (Augustine Birrell)

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.

Augustine Birrell

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