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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... Thousands of people , ' said the young man , ' live and die like you , and are none the less happy . ' " Ah ! ' said Will , ' if there are thousands who would like , why should not one of them have my place ? ' " It was quite dark ...
... Thousands of people , ' said the young man , ' live and die like you , and are none the less happy . ' " Ah ! ' said Will , ' if there are thousands who would like , why should not one of them have my place ? ' " It was quite dark ...
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... thousand times . Perhaps you recall the house- hold of the Tullivers ' when misfortune came upon it , and the change which a few well - thumbed volumes made in one of its members : " The new life was terrible to Maggie - Maggie THE ...
... thousand times . Perhaps you recall the house- hold of the Tullivers ' when misfortune came upon it , and the change which a few well - thumbed volumes made in one of its members : " The new life was terrible to Maggie - Maggie THE ...
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... thousands congregate in daily toil , but in the small industrial hamlets and in the rural towns that dot the land lie the possibilities for many such palaces of the people , and in many - very many — of such communities today exist the ...
... thousands congregate in daily toil , but in the small industrial hamlets and in the rural towns that dot the land lie the possibilities for many such palaces of the people , and in many - very many — of such communities today exist the ...
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... thousands of other teach- ers . " You must make us feel our need for you . You must , if you please , intrude yourselves upon our notice . Generations of teachers who have worshipped at the shrine of the text - book can in no other way ...
... thousands of other teach- ers . " You must make us feel our need for you . You must , if you please , intrude yourselves upon our notice . Generations of teachers who have worshipped at the shrine of the text - book can in no other way ...
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... thousands of children whose home conditions absolutely preclude 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 ...
... thousands of children whose home conditions absolutely preclude 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 ...
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