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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... subject which he knew would interest and benefit the other person. And how grateful he was to strike a vein of gold in a seemingly unpromising human ore! f. Secretary of the Milwaukee Board of Education, and Secretary of.
... subject which he knew would interest and benefit the other person. And how grateful he was to strike a vein of gold in a seemingly unpromising human ore! f. Secretary of the Milwaukee Board of Education, and Secretary of.
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... , to plunge into some subject which he knew would interest and benefit the other person . And how grateful he was to strike a vein of gold in a seemingly unpromising human ore ! Secretary of the Milwaukee Board of Education , and Secretary.
... , to plunge into some subject which he knew would interest and benefit the other person . And how grateful he was to strike a vein of gold in a seemingly unpromising human ore ! Secretary of the Milwaukee Board of Education , and Secretary.
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... interests and the hopes of de- mocracy . Far away , if not improbable , as seemed the fruition of his dream , he lived to see proph- ecy merge in realization . Were this lover of mankind still living , he would know that his concept ...
... interests and the hopes of de- mocracy . Far away , if not improbable , as seemed the fruition of his dream , he lived to see proph- ecy merge in realization . Were this lover of mankind still living , he would know that his concept ...
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... interest . The institutes increased enormously in number , until through their medium more than a million volumes a year were circulated . Charles Knight issued his penny encyclopedia , Robert and William Chambers led the way for ...
... interest . The institutes increased enormously in number , until through their medium more than a million volumes a year were circulated . Charles Knight issued his penny encyclopedia , Robert and William Chambers led the way for ...
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... interest alike in the offices , institu- tions and activities that lie nearest to his daily life and in his world ... interest , to the broadening viewpoint of his town or state or country , and lead on to far inter- national vistas of ...
... interest alike in the offices , institu- tions and activities that lie nearest to his daily life and in his world ... interest , to the broadening viewpoint of his town or state or country , and lead on to far inter- national vistas of ...
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