"A library represents the mind of its collector,……" — William Osler
"A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and weakness, his prejudices and preferences. Particularly is this the case if, to the character of a collector, he adds - or tries to add - the qualities of a student who wishes to know the books and the lives of the men who wrote them. The friendships of his life, the phases of his growth, the vagaries of his mind, all are represented."
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William Osler
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118 Quotes by William Osler
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Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf.
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Fed on the dry husks of facts, the human heart has a hidden want which science cannot supply.
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To know just what has do be done, then to do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.
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