[B]y taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart.
Source: From an Internet collection of quotations.
-- Gilbert Highet, (Jun 22 1906-1978), US educator, author, critic; He is noted for popularizing intellectual topics; wrote Anatomy of Satire, 1962.