thronged and public, as if they were
private and secluded, is to free one's
self from bondage to a particular
locality, or to surroundings specially
chosen for the purpose. Those who
have abundance of leisure to spend
in their libraries are beyond the need
of suggestions as to the use of time
and place; but those whose culture
must be secured incidentally, as it
were, need not despair, -- they have
shining examples of successful use
of limited opportunities about them.
It is not only possible to make all
time enrich us, but to use all space
as if it were our own. To have a
book in one's pocket and the power
of fastening one's mind upon it to
the exclusion of every other object
or interest is to be independent of
the library, with its unbroken quiet-
ness. It is to carry the library with

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