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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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As good almost kill a man as kill a good book?
Does " as good almost kill a man as kill a good book" mean "kill a man is almost as good as kill a good book"?
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Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Context:
Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Top answer
It is old-fashioned writing and at first looks like a mistake to modern readers. e. killing a good book is almost as bad as killing a man).
- It is old-fashioned writing and at first looks like a mistake to modern readers.
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- killing a good book is almost as bad as killing a man).
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It is old-fashioned writing and at first looks like a mistake to modern readers. I believe it means that you (almost) might as well kill a man as kill a good book (i.e. killing a good book is almost as bad as killing a man).
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