| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 32477 |
| QUOTATION: | In the electronic age, books, words and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to justify literature. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Alvin Kernan (b. 1923), U.S. educator. International Herald Tribune (Paris, December 12, 1990). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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