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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Quotes: My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out.
         

My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out.


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My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out.
         



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