“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~ Ray Bradbury

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“Every burned book enlightens the world.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I had to share this with you. It’s an ingenious way to win a battle in the war against literacy:

                   

For a really good read on libraries and book destruction, go here. It’s a great article by S. Peter Davies called “6 Reasons We’re In Another ‘Book-Burning’ Period in History.”

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