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Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there - Man's lampad honor, and his trust, The God who called him from the dust.

Joaquin Miller
Book, Men, Climbing
"The Larger College". "In Classic Shades, and Other Poems". Book by Joaquin Miller, 1890.
Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there - Man's lampad honor, and his trust, The God who called him from the dust.