Monasterium sine libris,” the abbot recited, pensively, “est sicut civitas sine opibus, castrum sine numeris, coquina sine suppellectili, mensa sine cibis, hortus sine herbis, pratum sine floribus, arbor sine foliis. . . .
"A monastery without books," the abbot recited, pensively, "is like a city without wealth, a castle without numbers, a kitchen without furniture, a table without food, a garden without herbs, a meadow without flowers, a tree without leaves."
