“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.” – Charles Dickens
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"No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot." – Charles Dickens
"No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot." – Charles Dickens
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