For the love of letters

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Continued: For the love of letters

Article by: PAMELA HUEY , Star Tribune
Last update: September 5, 2007 - 5:32 PM

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Conversely, Gary Marvin worries about the safety of computers to keep information for posterity.

"You think you're keeping it all on your hard drive and the hard drive crashes, or you're putting a new version of Windows on and you can't find your files," he said.

Pamela Huey • 612-673-7044

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"A letter is a joy of Earth -- It is denied the Gods."

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"Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company."

Lord Byron

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"A pleasant letter I hold to be the pleasantest thing that this world has to give."

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"Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self."

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