Thomas Carlyle on Books
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“The true University of these days is a collection of Books.”
“If a book come from the heart, it will contrive to reach other hearts; all art and authorcraft are of small amount to that.”
“All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.”
“In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.”
“In the poorest cottage are Books: is one Book, wherein for several thousands of years the spirit of man has found light, and nourishment, and an interpreting response to whatever is Deepest in him.”