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Augustine Birrell quotes: That great dust-heap called 'history'.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

Augustine Birrell quotes: History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

Augustine Birrell quotes: It is the Mass that matters.

It is the Mass that matters.

Augustine Birrell quotes: History is the great dust-heap ... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap ... a pageant and not a philosophy.

Augustine Birrell quotes: The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Few men can afford to be angry.

Few men can afford to be angry.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.

Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Personally, I am dead against the burning of books.

Personally, I am dead against the burning of books.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Milton calls the university A stony-hearted step-mother.

Milton calls the university A stony-hearted step-mother.

Augustine Birrell quotes: I am far too much in doubt about the present, far too perturbed .about the future, to be otherwise than profoundly reverential about the past.

I am far too much in doubt about the present, far too perturbed .about the future, to be otherwise than profoundly reverential about the past.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Libraries are not made; they grow.

Libraries are not made; they grow.

Augustine Birrell quotes: It can never be wrong to give pleasure.

It can never be wrong to give pleasure.

Augustine Birrell quotes: There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven

There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven

Augustine Birrell quotes: It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.

It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

Augustine Birrell quotes: There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector

There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector

Augustine Birrell quotes: It is the Mass the matters.

It is the Mass the matters.

Augustine Birrell quotes: Is this true or only clever?

Is this true or only clever?