[OPE-L:2990] "Books are Weapons"

Michael Williams (100417.2625@compuserve.com)
Sun, 8 Sep 1996 07:41:09 -0700 (PDT)

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At the risk of a charge of serious lack of seriousness in finding time for
serendipity but not for engagement with on-going OPE-L debates, I though the
list might be interested in the very early provenance of my chosen tag.
According to a recent story in The Guardian newspaper, a 1st century Norman monk
wrote:

"A monastery without a library is like a castle without an armoury."

I wonder if that is where the 1970s British SWP got the idea from.
Michael
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Dr Michael Williams
"Books are Weapons"