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title: 'Smyth on Building the Best Library'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-09-27
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-smyth-on-building-the-best-library
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# Smyth on Building the Best Library

“I therefore made it my study to search out the wisest and best authors on every branch of necessary knowledge.” — [**Thomas Smyth**](/authors/thomas-smyth), *Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections* (1914), p. 115