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To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
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.
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
'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!
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.
The medicine chest of the soul.
The medicine chest of the soul.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
