Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001) American philosopher and educator
Source: Connie Robertson (1998). Book of Humorous Quotations. p. 2
“How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!”
Marginalia http://www.easylit.com/poe/comtext/prose/margin.shtml (November 1844)
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