“The scholar and the world! The endless strife,
The discord in the harmonies of life!
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books;
The market-place, the eager love of gain,
Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!”
St. 23. <br class="br"> Morituri Salutamus http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/longfellow/19229 (1875)
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