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The medicine chest of the soul.
The medicine chest of the soul.
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
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.
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a read more
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them
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.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
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.
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.