The Life of Horace Binney: With Selections from His LettersJ.B. Lippincott, 1903 - 460 страница |
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Страница 440 - One may recollect generally that certain thoughts or facts are to be found in a certain book ; but without a good index such a recollection may hardly be more available than that of the cabin-boy who knew where the ship's teakettle was, because he saw it fall overboard. In truth, a very large part of every man's reading falls overboard; and unless he has good indexes, he will never find it again, how much soever he may look for it.
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