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Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads. Chesterfield, Lord

Excerpt from Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 · This quote is filed under Books - Reading · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Tell us if you know any facts or errors in this quote · Help your friends discover QB

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The Earls of Chesterfield were an aristocratic family from Derbyshire, England. Their ancestral seat is Bretby Hall at Bretby, Derbyshire, and their family name is "Stanhope". Upon the death of the thirteenth Earl, the title became extinct, as no more male descendants of the first Earl were living. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version.

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