Depositories

Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the "legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago." There are new-born fanaticisms. Convictions on the part of certain peoples that they have become the unique depositories of ultimate truth and right.

I tell you, books are the depositories of the human spirit, which is the only thing in this world that endures.

After this he bought six other houses which he turned into depositories for books.