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#3401 - 06/12/00 01:02 AM Words about book-lovers
Wordsmith member Registered: 03/12/00 Posts: 121	So many books, so little time! Do you find yourself muttering these words as you browse the shelves in a library or a bookstore? Rest assured, you are not alone in your love of books. It was the Dutch writer Desiderius Erasmus who once said, "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." This fondness for books subsumes a wide range. At the extreme, books have been ascribed as the motive behind murders (Don Vicente, a Spaniard killed as many as eight people to acquire a book in 1836), and there have been thieves who steal only books (Stephen Blumberg of the US, stole precious books worth millions of dollars from hundreds of university libraries during the 1970s and 80s, all for his own pleasure, not for resale). While we can't arrange them in a scientific table reflecting severity, this week's progression presents words in increasing order of affinity for books. Finally, to round things out, at the end we'll feature a couple of words for people who don't share that love. So leaf through this week's words and feel free to talk about where your bibliomania falls within this spectrum.
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#3402 - 06/13/00 08:10 AM Re: Words about book-lovers
paulb addict Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 460 Loc: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	Anu, to complement this week's theme there's a wonderful quote by Sir Francis Bacon which appears on a poster which has been hanging in our house for many years: "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested …" We're almost kneedeep in books here; both my wife and I were librarians and the kids caught the reading bug as well. Here's to books and the words in them! Long may they prosper! paulb
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#3403 - 06/18/00 01:54 PM Re: Words about book-lovers
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11580 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Amen! There are some authors I will be eternally grateful to.
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