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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:7382
AUTHOR:James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
QUOTATION:  If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better than a cheap book,—and that is a book honestly come by.
ATTRIBUTION:Before the U. S. Senate Committee on Patents, Jan. 29, 1886.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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