Library IdealsOpen Court Publishing Company, 1918 - 78 páginas WISCONSIN, a true cradle of freedom and successful government, has fostered several librarians who were true humanists. Dr. Peckham was one. Dr. Thwaites was another. Henry E. Legler was unlike either of these, but greater than either in his continued and unabated activity for the good of the people. Once, on being complimented for his splendid work in natural history and his persistence in the pursuit of scientific facts, Dr. Peckham remarked: "Oh, yes, but the facts have no value in themselves. They merely build up the groundwork of the ideas, and help you climb to the point of view where the deeper aspects of the subject spread out before you like a landscape beneath a mountain-top." Mr. Legler's activity in behalf of libraries will support the same explanation. He seemed always immersed in detail, always planning some movement and carrying it into effect by his peculiar, dynamic persistence. But he who observed the man kindly and closely cannot have failed to have noticed that there was a distinct Beyond illumining and overshadowing it all. There was a dream to come true, a vision to be unfolded. The dream and vision were in the man's speech and eye. He lived under a prophecy. |
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... Wisconsin Free Library Com- mission , Mr. Legler was already well versed in official service when chosen Librarian of the Chicago Public Library . He had declined several offers of important posts before that time , because the work he ...
... Wisconsin Free Library Com- mission , Mr. Legler was already well versed in official service when chosen Librarian of the Chicago Public Library . He had declined several offers of important posts before that time , because the work he ...
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... Wisconsin , who has charge of the correspondence study in the department of sci- ence , are taken the following extracts : " Old ways of teaching are breaking down . Library study and writ- ten exercises are re - enforcing classroom ...
... Wisconsin , who has charge of the correspondence study in the department of sci- ence , are taken the following extracts : " Old ways of teaching are breaking down . Library study and writ- ten exercises are re - enforcing classroom ...
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... Wisconsin , three - quarters of a century ago , Lyman Draper sought to interest the teaching forces there . His report printed in the 50's - now rare and difficult to procure is a grouping of opinions , pro- phetic but yet unrealized ...
... Wisconsin , three - quarters of a century ago , Lyman Draper sought to interest the teaching forces there . His report printed in the 50's - now rare and difficult to procure is a grouping of opinions , pro- phetic but yet unrealized ...
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... Wisconsin stood first with a circulation of 122,093 . Wisconsin was the third state to adopt this method for bringing wholesome books to 66 LIBRARY IDEALS.
... Wisconsin stood first with a circulation of 122,093 . Wisconsin was the third state to adopt this method for bringing wholesome books to 66 LIBRARY IDEALS.
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... Wisconsin Commission also sends to communities where there are many persons of foreign birth , the best literature in their own tongues . In some sections of the state , peo- ple go ten to twenty miles at regular intervals to secure ...
... Wisconsin Commission also sends to communities where there are many persons of foreign birth , the best literature in their own tongues . In some sections of the state , peo- ple go ten to twenty miles at regular intervals to secure ...
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