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A Bibliographic Miracle
- walterbell 12y ago> "Charles Ralph Boxer was born in 1904 to a distinguished British family of considerable means... His scholarship, both specialist and interdisciplinary, was gained by research and reading - he owned a library of institutional proportions - as well as by experience in his extensive travels.” How many future scholars will be educated by comparable books at the free and larger-than-institutional archive.org and international variants? No longer does one need to be born into a "family of considerable means" to gain the scholarly skills that come from curiosity and access to a quality library.
- mrec 12y agoWhy scramble the title? The article has "Bibliophilic", not "Bibliographic"; I was curious to see whether people really get that excited about a good list of references.