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American author known for his literary criticism and historical research. His works span a wide range of literary fields from classical to modern literature, having a profound impact on American literature in the 20th century.

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Famous Lawrence Clark Powell Quotes

“Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant.”

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Book:The Alchemy of Books: And Other Essays and Addresses on Books & Writers

Source: The Alchemy of Books: And Other Essays and Addresses on Books & Writers

“To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.”

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Book:Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell

Source: Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell

“Believers and doers are what we need - faithful librarians who are humble in the presence of books.... To be in a library is one of the purest of all experiences. This awareness of library's unique, even sacred nature, is what should be instilled in our neophites.”

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Book:Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell

Source: Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell

About the Author

Born: September 6, 1906
Died: March 14, 2001
Known for: Author
Quotes: 18

Books & Sources

Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark PowellRelated source material

Bookman's Progress: The Selected Writings of Lawrence Clark PowellRelated source material

Books in My Baggage: Adventures in Reading and CollectingRelated source material

Next to Mother's Milk--: An Engelhard Lecture on the BookRelated source material

The Alchemy of Books: And Other Essays and Addresses on Books & WritersRelated source material

The Little Package: Pages on Literature and Landscape from a Traveling Bookman's LifeRelated source material

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