“By the same proportion that a penny saved is a penny gained, the preserver of books is a Mate for the Compiler of them.”

— Thomas Fuller

The History of the Worthies of England (1662) ; Worthies of Huntingtonshire – John Yong.

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English churchman and historian 1608–1661

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