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Books Are A Refuge, A Sort Of Cloistral Refuge, From The Vulgarities Of The Actual World.
-Walter Pater
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Books Are A Refuge, A Sort Of
Walter Pater
Books Are A Refuge, A Sort Of Cloistral Refuge, From The Vulgarities Of The Actual World.
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