"Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages.……" — David McCullough
"Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know."
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- We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The…
- Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.
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