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Isaac Asimov Quotes: When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
         

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.


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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
         



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