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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... thought of escaping and of seeking some quiet spot in the wilderness — where, doubtless, he hoped to view his work from a^ove. How many librarians nowadays have such a hope? Of his method with the men and women of his age many of us ...
... thought of escaping and of seeking some quiet spot in the wilderness — where, doubtless, he hoped to view his work from a^ove. How many librarians nowadays have such a hope? Of his method with the men and women of his age many of us ...
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... thought of escaping and of seeking some quiet spot in the wilderness — where , doubtless , he hoped to view his work from above . How many librarians nowadays have such a hope ? Of his method with the men and women of his age many of us ...
... thought of escaping and of seeking some quiet spot in the wilderness — where , doubtless , he hoped to view his work from above . How many librarians nowadays have such a hope ? Of his method with the men and women of his age many of us ...
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... thought of representing to himself how his blood circulated than how paper served instead of gold . But the moment of vocation had come , and before he got down from his chair the world was made new to him by a presentiment of endless ...
... thought of representing to himself how his blood circulated than how paper served instead of gold . But the moment of vocation had come , and before he got down from his chair the world was made new to him by a presentiment of endless ...
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... thought of book use based on compulsion . A teacher- librarian so qualified could exert an important influ- ence in shaping the future of the children . In his inimitable , whimsical fashion , Bernard Shaw brings out with sympathy and ...
... thought of book use based on compulsion . A teacher- librarian so qualified could exert an important influ- ence in shaping the future of the children . In his inimitable , whimsical fashion , Bernard Shaw brings out with sympathy and ...
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... thought of , or opportunity for , study out of school hours . It may be contended that these services are pro- vided by branch libraries and their juvenile depart- ments . What are the facts ? Early in the present month twenty million ...
... thought of , or opportunity for , study out of school hours . It may be contended that these services are pro- vided by branch libraries and their juvenile depart- ments . What are the facts ? Early in the present month twenty million ...
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