A book is a garden; a book is an orchard; a book is a storehouse; a book is a party. It is company by the way; it is a counselor; it is a multitude of counselors.

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American clergyman and orator

Proverbs From Plymouth Pulpit, “The Press” (1887) [ed. Drysdale]
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