• Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

  Source: The book: a lecture sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the Authors League of America, presented at the Library of Con

  Barbara W. Tuchman
  American historian 1912-1989
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1. civilization
2. speculation
3. standstill
4. science
5. thought

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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. by : Barbara W. Tuchman

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