Library IdealsOpen Court Publishing Company, 1918 - Počet stran: 78 WISCONSIN, a true cradle of freedom and successful government, has fostered several librarians who were true humanists. Dr. Peckham was one. Dr. Thwaites was another. Henry E. Legler was unlike either of these, but greater than either in his continued and unabated activity for the good of the people. Once, on being complimented for his splendid work in natural history and his persistence in the pursuit of scientific facts, Dr. Peckham remarked: "Oh, yes, but the facts have no value in themselves. They merely build up the groundwork of the ideas, and help you climb to the point of view where the deeper aspects of the subject spread out before you like a landscape beneath a mountain-top." Mr. Legler's activity in behalf of libraries will support the same explanation. He seemed always immersed in detail, always planning some movement and carrying it into effect by his peculiar, dynamic persistence. But he who observed the man kindly and closely cannot have failed to have noticed that there was a distinct Beyond illumining and overshadowing it all. There was a dream to come true, a vision to be unfolded. The dream and vision were in the man's speech and eye. He lived under a prophecy. |
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... containing 36,000 volumes ; the Philadelphia Library , containing 27,000 ; that of the Boston Athenaeum , containing 26,000 ; that of Congress , containing 16,000 , and that of Charleston , containing 13,000 . " It is only since 1867 ...
... containing 36,000 volumes ; the Philadelphia Library , containing 27,000 ; that of the Boston Athenaeum , containing 26,000 ; that of Congress , containing 16,000 , and that of Charleston , containing 13,000 . " It is only since 1867 ...
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... containing less than a thousand volumes , while the most recent official enumeration makes 5,000 volumes the unit of consider- ation . From these official figures may be gleaned something of the extraordinary growth of libraries , both ...
... containing less than a thousand volumes , while the most recent official enumeration makes 5,000 volumes the unit of consider- ation . From these official figures may be gleaned something of the extraordinary growth of libraries , both ...
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