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" As historian Albert L. Hurtado wrote, "War, pestilence, and famine blow books around the planet like so many hostages to uncertain fortune. Thieves steal, vandals deface, pious clergy burn, and worms eat books. Whether threatened by worms or war, there is nothing permanent about books and libraries. "

Margaret Leslie Davis


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Margaret Leslie Davis quote : As historian Albert L. Hurtado wrote,