The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or
library, is to look at his books. One read more

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.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

"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."

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]

Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]

The richest minds need not large libraries.

The richest minds need not large libraries.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.

Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.