The entrance to the Rose Main Reading Room in the main branch of the New York Public Library in New York City.

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The quotation above the door is from John Milton's Areopagitica and reads "A good Booke is the pretious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalm'd and treasur'd up on purpose to a life beyond life" [sic].

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Location: New York Public Library, New York City, NY, United States
Photo credit: © Clarence Holmes Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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