A book is more effective than a carved tombstone or a permanent sepulcher. They serve as chapels and mausolea in the mind of him who proclaims their names.
Papyrus Chester Beatty IV, a Ramesside document, British Museum (10684), in “Be a Writer,” Toby Wilkinson, translator and editor, Writings from Ancient Egypt (Penguin Classics 2016). [edited for clarity in image]
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