The library should be a commonplace to every one. To use it should be as natural when one needs news or knowledge, fiction or fact, as it is to use the trolley when one needs transportation. — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
The library should be a commonplace to every one. To use it should be as natural when one needs news or knowledge, fiction or… — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
Of hobbies there are many, many, kinds. For example, money-making. But money-making is not exactly a hobby, for it will scarcely carry a boy… — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
To use it should be as natural ... as to use the trolley when one needs transportation. — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
The public library is a center of public happiness first, of public education next. — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
“That the public library is a part of the educational system should never be lost sight of in the work of establishing it, or… — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
“His is one of those cases which are more numerous than those suppose who have never lived anywhere but in their own homes, and… — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
