"A good book is the very essence of a good man.~ His virtues survive in it, while the foibles and faults of his actual life are forgotten.~ All the goodly company of the excellent and great sit around my table or look down on me from yonder shelves, waiting patiently to answer my questions and enrich me with their wisdom.~ A precious book is a foretaste of immortality.~

~ T.L. Cuyler, American Presbyterian minister (Jan. 1822 - 1909)
QUOTES ARE Tremendous, Charles Jones, Executive Books, 1995.

Note:  Cuyler Gore, a park, was created in Brooklyn, U.S.A.  T.L. declined a statue requesting "simply beautiful flowers and trees." (Wikipedia)