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“I think, for the rest of my life, I shall refrain from looking up things. It is the most ravenous time-snatcher I know. You pull one book from the shelf, which carries a hint or a reference that sends you posthaste to another book, and that to successive others. It is incredible, the number of books you hopefully open and disappointedly close, only to take down another with the same result.”

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Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells

Carolyn Wells, an American author born on June 18, 1862, and died on March 26, 1942, is renowned for her works in children's literature. Her stories are cherished for their rich imagination and delicate emotions. more

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