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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

Youth condemns; maturity condones.

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.

Every castle of the air Sleeps in the fine black grains, and there Are seeds for every romance, or light Whiff of a dream for a summer night.

Visions for those too tired to sleep, These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep.

A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men.

Soft-heartedness, in times like these, Shows sof'ness in the upper story!