We hold that a good book which gives people food for thought, which strengthens and clears their minds, and enables them to grasp truths which they have dimly felt but could not formulate-we hold that such a book does a real, substantial good. (Helena Petrovna Blavatsky)

We hold that a good book which gives people food for thought, which strengthens and clears their minds, and enables them to grasp truths which they have dimly felt but could not formulate-we hold that such a book does a real, substantial good.

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

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