To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on. — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when I look… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
Our great function is to inform or to inspire, or to please; to give to the public in the quickest and cheapest way information,… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant. — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
The time was when a library was very like a museum and the librarian a mouser among dusty books. The time is when the… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
Women can endure pain with fortitude, and they can perform monotonous tasks with patience. — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance. — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
