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“People think that when you use Google you're finding exactly what you need, but really, you need expert help.”

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It's important to make clear to all the schools at Harvard the central role of the library.

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I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.

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I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.

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The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it…

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