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Quote from John Milton,


"For books are not absolutely dead things,
but do contain a potency of life in them;
they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy
and extraction of that living intellect that bred them."


By:

John Milton (more quotes by John Milton or books by/about John Milton)


(1608-1674) English Poet

Source:

Areopagitica, 1644

Categories:

Death, Intelligence, Learning, Press, Reason, Speech

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