
A. Edward Newton
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Biography
Alfred Edward Newton (1864–1940) was an American industrialist better known as an author and avid book collector. He is best known for his book Amenities of Book Collecting (1918) which sold over 25,000 copies.
"Who was it who said, "I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish?"Whoever it was, I agree with him."
"The formula for complete happiness is to be very busy."
"The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity..."
"The formula for complete happiness is to be very busy with the unimportant."
"If this world affords true happiness it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years where the necessities of life come without severe strain where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered."