“one of the diseases of this age is the multiplicity of books; they doth so overcharge the world that it is not able to digest the abundance of idle matter that is every day hatched and brought forth into the world“
Barnaby Rich (1580-1617), writing in 1613.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
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June 25th, 2008 at 1:37 am
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