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Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where read more
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.
'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 great library contains the diary of the human race.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
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.
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
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.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
