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    The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or
    library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very
    speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance
    round his book-shelves.

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The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so read more

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so much needed.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a read more

A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them

by Mark Twain Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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The medicine chest of the soul.

The medicine chest of the soul.

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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

by Carl T. Rowan Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

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Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were
only the history of pinheads.

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were
only the history of pinheads.

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A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

by Victor Hugo Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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The richest minds need not large libraries.

The richest minds need not large libraries.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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"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."

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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