Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded … - Louis L'Amour

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Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of science. Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of Earth.

Louis L'Amour

Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever. Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.

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