Word: bodeleian
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...After making the tour of the quadrangle, or "yard" as it is called by the students, we naturally turned our steps toward the famous Harvard Library, contained in Gore Hall, a substantial granite structure, built, it is said, in the same style of architecture as the Bodeleian Library at Oxford. On making inquiries we found, to our satisfaction that the building was open to visitors, and accordingly we availed ourselves of the privilege thus offered, and entered. On every hand we were surrounded by books; books old; books new; books of indeterminate age. Turning to our left, we entered...