Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that read more

Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or
imposture, are preserved and reposed.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

Some book there is that she desires to see.
Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.
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Some book there is that she desires to see.
Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.
But thou art deeper read and better skilled:
Come and take choice of all my library,
And so beguile thy sorrow, till the heavens
Reveal the damned contriver of this deed.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

The medicine chest of the soul.

The medicine chest of the soul.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of
diabolical knowledge.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of
diabolical knowledge.