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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... give called for perfect freedom to work out the problems as he saw them . Wisconsin had given him this free- dom . Chicago promised it - and kept her promise . There was sufficient prestige within the Chicago Public Library to warrant ...
... give called for perfect freedom to work out the problems as he saw them . Wisconsin had given him this free- dom . Chicago promised it - and kept her promise . There was sufficient prestige within the Chicago Public Library to warrant ...
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... give emphasis to the sinister elements which are embodied in this bare statement . It means an approach to that critical period in the history of popular government when wise leadership and extension of education alone can serve to ...
... give emphasis to the sinister elements which are embodied in this bare statement . It means an approach to that critical period in the history of popular government when wise leadership and extension of education alone can serve to ...
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... give the life in the rural regions attract- iveness and comfort ; much more remains to be done , and particularly in supplying educational advantages , if the young men and women are to be made to feel that their opportunities are no ...
... give the life in the rural regions attract- iveness and comfort ; much more remains to be done , and particularly in supplying educational advantages , if the young men and women are to be made to feel that their opportunities are no ...
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... the use of his knife and fork and then not give him any meat . Public libraries are the natural and legitimate out- come of compulsory education . CERTAIN PHASES OF LIBRARY EXTENSION1 REAMING of Utopia , an THE PROBLEM OF THE CITIES 9.
... the use of his knife and fork and then not give him any meat . Public libraries are the natural and legitimate out- come of compulsory education . CERTAIN PHASES OF LIBRARY EXTENSION1 REAMING of Utopia , an THE PROBLEM OF THE CITIES 9.
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... gives name rather to the ' Address delivered on behalf League of Library Commissions , Asheville Conference A. L. A. , May 27 , 1907 . means used than to the results sought to be achieved Certain Phases of Library Extension.
... gives name rather to the ' Address delivered on behalf League of Library Commissions , Asheville Conference A. L. A. , May 27 , 1907 . means used than to the results sought to be achieved Certain Phases of Library Extension.
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