Old books, as you well know, are books of the world's youth, and new books are fruits of its age. How many of all these ancient folios round me are l… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Old books, as you well know, are books of the world's youth, and new books are fruits of its age. How many of all these ancient folios round me are like so many old cupels? The gold has passed out of these long ago, but their pores are full of the dross with which it was mingled.