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Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.

Augustine Birrell

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Fünfundzwanzig Jahre, und ein gewöhnlicher Mann kann sich im Normalfall ohne unangemessene Eile oder Druck auf seinen Geschmack mit Büchern umgeben, alle in seiner eigenen Sprache, und von da an mindestens einen Platz auf der Welt haben .

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