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Topic·Literature as link to the past✕clear
Books1 quote
God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. — William Ellery Channing · 1838
Literature as link to the past1 quote
God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. — William Ellery Channing · 1838
Power of literature1 quote
God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. — William Ellery Channing · 1838