Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the book-worm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the book-worm."

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Bookworm	Cicero	Duty	Forgetful
Given	Grow	Hence	Instead
Libraries	Locke	Meek	These
Thinking	Views	Wrote	Young

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