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| '''''Oxford Mail'' 15 December 1956''' is an issue of the newspaper ''[[Wikipedia:Oxford Mail|Oxford Mail]]''. The article "Deddington Court Now Library" (p. 1) includes quotes from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s speech held at the opening of the library on [[14 December]] [[1956]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, pp. 497-8</ref>
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| ==Excerpts from the speech==
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| "Nowadays books are besieged by a great many powerful embattled enemies, some of whom have been strongly entrenched, and to be here at the opening of a strong point from which troops can be sent out against those enemies is a great honour."
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| "The wealth of books to be found here is food for the mind, and everyone knows that for the stomach to go without food for a long time is bad, but for the mind to go without food is even worse."<ref>"[http://www.deddingtonnews.co.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/8080/Tolkien.pdf Deddington Library, opened by Tolkien in 1956, under threat from OCC]", [http://www.deddingtonnews.co.uk/ DeddingtonNews.co.uk] (accessed 23 December 2011)</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Miss Stanley-Smith 22 November 1956]]
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| *[[Miss Stanley-Smith 19 December 1956]]
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