Or, at a minimum, understand that almost all book collections, institutional and personal, need to be regularly weeded.
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Headline New York Times, 12/28/2025
My books are teachers but also companions who know more than I do and who in the long run wish me well. I would no sooner get rid of them than I would an old friend.
More like neighbors, standing in their front doors on my shelves, forever extending their welcomes. At night, when my house is dark and I am asleep, do they whisper to one another? Do they gossip about me? Does Hamlet have the last word, as usual?
In answer to your questions, Roger: no, no, and no.
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