Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to

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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. - Joseph Addison

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English politician and writer, 1672 - 1719

Born:1st May, 1672
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Starsign: Taurus

Author Keywords: Writer, Politician, English

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Elbert Hubbard, Eric Hoffer, Virgil, William Norman Ewer, George Jean Nathan

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