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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... hope? Of his method with the men and women of his age many of us will retain unforgettable memories. He was prompt, precise, perhaps even brief, but invariably gracious. His Italian ancestry told in the inimitable grace he unfolded to ...
... hope? Of his method with the men and women of his age many of us will retain unforgettable memories. He was prompt, precise, perhaps even brief, but invariably gracious. His Italian ancestry told in the inimitable grace he unfolded to ...
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... hope ? Of his method with the men and women of his age many of us will retain unforgettable memories . He was prompt , precise , perhaps even brief , but in- variably gracious . His Italian ancestry told in the inimitable grace he ...
... hope ? Of his method with the men and women of his age many of us will retain unforgettable memories . He was prompt , precise , perhaps even brief , but in- variably gracious . His Italian ancestry told in the inimitable grace he ...
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... hope for a change soon in the inconceivably stupid architecture and design of school buildings , despite a few recent striking examples to the contrary . For As now financed , no public library system can undertake to administer a ...
... hope for a change soon in the inconceivably stupid architecture and design of school buildings , despite a few recent striking examples to the contrary . For As now financed , no public library system can undertake to administer a ...
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... hope it holds : " For no new sense puts forth in us but we Enter our fellow's lives thereby the more . And three great spirits with the spirit of man Go forth to do his bidding . One is free , And one is shackled , and the third ...
... hope it holds : " For no new sense puts forth in us but we Enter our fellow's lives thereby the more . And three great spirits with the spirit of man Go forth to do his bidding . One is free , And one is shackled , and the third ...
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... hope of journey done . And the road runs east , and the road runs west , That his vagrant feet explore ; And he knows no haste and he knows no rest , And every mile has a stranger zest Then the miles he trod before ; And his heart leaps ...
... hope of journey done . And the road runs east , and the road runs west , That his vagrant feet explore ; And he knows no haste and he knows no rest , And every mile has a stranger zest Then the miles he trod before ; And his heart leaps ...
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