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Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance.

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A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way…
Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance.
To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when…
The time was when a library was very like a museum and the librarian a mouser among dusty books. The time is…
The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.
The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.

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Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance. — Melvil Dewey

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