good question. first though - maybe some bot has downloaded it often for whatever reasons and our systems didn't detect it as bot traffic. just a guess.
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autocat3 and gutenbergsite are repos responsible for generating gutenberg.org
could be a trick to ease that fear :D
but yes, generally I agree with your point. Library of 75k books seems pretty valuable to have direct access to.