• For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

  Amy Lowell
  American poet, criticus 1874-1925
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1. quintessence
2. worked
3. lived
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5. lives

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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives. by : Amy Lowell

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