Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet
St. 23. <br class="br"> Morituri Salutamus http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/longfellow/19229 (1875)
“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books”
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