"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."

Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that read more

Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or
imposture, are preserved and reposed.

A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

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.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

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.

The richest minds need not large libraries.

The richest minds need not large libraries.

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so read more

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so much needed.