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Quotation from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
“The true University of these days is a Collection of Books”
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, Lecture V (The Hero as Man of Letters) (Project Gutenberg #1091)
Carlyle argues that printing has made books the real teachers and professors only guides to them.
Citation: "The true University of these days is a Collection of Books" — Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, Lecture V (The Hero as Man of Letters) (Project Gutenberg #1091). (id on-heroes-hero-worship-q10)
