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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 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.
I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,--
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I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,--
Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,
Knows the high art of what and how to read.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.
Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.
'Tis well to borrow from the good and the great;
'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!
'Tis well to borrow from the good and the great;
'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!
A library implies an act of faith
A library implies an act of faith
"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."