Commonwealth Parliamentary Library

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    “We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.”
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    “Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it ... that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.”
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