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Farther’s local library is extracted from two historical anthologies. The underlying books were published in 1893 and 1896 and are public domain in the United States. If you are outside the US, check your local copyright rules. The collection is not a set of newly verified original-source attributions.

Dictionary of Quotations (1893)

Compiled by Rev. James Wood. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1893. Digital edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #48105, updated October 24, 2024.

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Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896)

Compiled by Louis Klopsch. Many Thoughts of Many Minds: A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age. New York: The Christian Herald, 1896. Digital edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #17112, updated December 13, 2020.

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