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There is nothing illogical or synthetic about the humility ( modesty ) of great bookmen in calling attention to the limitations of the book. No book can　1　us to know everything that is to be known, or feel everything that is to be felt. A book is part of life, not a substitute 　2　it. It is not a fit　3　for worship or enshrinement. It loses its charm and much of its value when accepted　4　No one would have been more　5　than Aristotle if he could have known of the excessive and　6　veneration that would be given to his ideas in centuries to　7　. When his works became the　8　words of advance knowledge,　9　knowledge became neither advanced nor vital. The particular occasion for these remarks is that there are　10　here and there that some of us in the book world may be　11　ourselves too seriously. In the effort to increase book reading some　12　things are being said about books. It is made to　13　that nothing is happening now that has not happened before, and that the only true approach to understanding is　14　books. We do neither service nor justice to books by　15　upon them such omnipotence and omniscience. Many of the answers we need today are not necessarily to be found between　16　There are elements of newness in the present　17　of man that will not readily be　18　of by required reading or ready reference. Books are not slide rules or blueprints for　19　automatic answers. What is needed is a mighty blend of the wisdom of the ages　20　fresh, razor-edged analytical thought.

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