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Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) American clergyman and orator
“The Duty of Owning Books” (1859), Eyes and Ears (1862)

The collection of essays is from articles originally printed in the New York Ledger or Independent. This essay was reprinted in several other newspapers in the spring and summer of 1859.

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