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To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
All round the room my silent servants wait,
My friends in every season, bright and dim.
All round the room my silent servants wait,
My friends in every season, bright and dim.
A library implies an act of faith
A library implies an act of faith
Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were
only the history of pinheads.
Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were
only the history of pinheads.
A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of
shadows.
A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of
shadows.
It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.
It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.
The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or
library, is to look at his books. One read more
The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or
library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very
speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance
round his book-shelves.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
