“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.” Portraying books as vessels that transmit the vitality of their authors’ minds · Areopagitica (essay), 1644 Art Memory Time
“A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” Celebrating books as vessels that preserve the living force of the mind · Areopagitica (essay), 1644 Art Memory Time
