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I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.54, Penguin
I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.