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.
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.
-- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
-- Before the U. S. Senate Committee on Patents, Jan. 29, 1886