| The book of the moment often has immense vogue, while the book of the age, which comes in its company from the press, lies unnoticed; but the great book has its revenge. It lives to see its contemporary pushed up shelf by shelf until it finds its final resting-place in the garret or the auction room. |
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- Hamilton Wright Mabie |
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| A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times and tasks more fruitful than his toil has been. |
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- Hamilton Wright Mabie |
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| Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. |
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- Hamilton Wright Mabie |
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