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"I am full of admiration for the technologists who have developed all sorts of gadgets for the purpose of improving communications. However, I believe that all these fascinating machines are complementary to, and not substitutes for, books and the printed word."
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Source: Do Books Matter?. Book edited by Brian Baumfield, 1973.
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