helluo librorum

helluo librorum: noun /ˌhɛljʊəʊ lᵻˈbɹɔːɹəm,ˌhɛljuoʊ ləˈbɻɔə̆ɻəm/

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There is surely some point beyond which the acquisition of other men’s thoughts must not be carried. This we say for the sake of those helluones librorum, who read forever and without stint ; browsing as diligently as oxen in the green herbage of rich meads, but, unlike these, never lying down to ruminate. Life is too short, Art is too long, for a human mind to make perpetual accretion of book-learning, without halt. Sūﬄaminandum est.

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