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If humanity were to lose its libraries, not only would it be deprived of certain treasures of art, certain spiritual riches, but, more important still, it would lose its recipes for living.

Georges Duhamel

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Georges Duhamel (June 30, 1884 – April 13, 1966), was a French author.

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Pen Names: Denis Thévenin

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Scènes de la vie future (1930), p. 52

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