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The medicine chest of the soul.
The medicine chest of the soul.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
'Tis well to borrow from the good and the great;
'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!
'Tis well to borrow from the good and the great;
'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
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
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where read more
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.
