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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... sense , and at last conceived a great respect for his character and wisdom . They sat far into the night ; and Will opened his heart to the young man , and told him how he longed to leave the valley and what bright hopes he had ...
... sense , and at last conceived a great respect for his character and wisdom . They sat far into the night ; and Will opened his heart to the young man , and told him how he longed to leave the valley and what bright hopes he had ...
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... sense of secrecy and obscenity in connection with his internal structure , had left his imagination quite unbiased , so that for anything he knew his brains lay in small bags at his temples , and he had no more thought of representing ...
... sense of secrecy and obscenity in connection with his internal structure , had left his imagination quite unbiased , so that for anything he knew his brains lay in small bags at his temples , and he had no more thought of representing ...
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... sense of cheerfulness . " Our own good friend , Mr. John Cotton Dana , has admirably epitomized the underlying philosophy : " A good story has created many an oasis in many an otherwise arid life . Many - sidedness of interest makes for ...
... sense of cheerfulness . " Our own good friend , Mr. John Cotton Dana , has admirably epitomized the underlying philosophy : " A good story has created many an oasis in many an otherwise arid life . Many - sidedness of interest makes for ...
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... sense read , though the enforced attempt will make you loathe the sight of a book all the rest of your life . It is a ghastly business , quite beyond words , this schooling . " The late Professor Norton is credited " with the statement ...
... sense read , though the enforced attempt will make you loathe the sight of a book all the rest of your life . It is a ghastly business , quite beyond words , this schooling . " The late Professor Norton is credited " with the statement ...
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... 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 , unbound , Halts yet a little with ...
... 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 , unbound , Halts yet a little with ...
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