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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... leaves along with it in the fall . It seemed like a great conspiracy of things animate and inanimate , they all went down- ward , fleetly and gaily downward , posting downward to the unknown world , and only he , it seemed , remained ...
... leaves along with it in the fall . It seemed like a great conspiracy of things animate and inanimate , they all went down- ward , fleetly and gaily downward , posting downward to the unknown world , and only he , it seemed , remained ...
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... leaves upon the trellis stood out illuminated against the bright sky , a pattern of transparent green upon a dusky purple . The young man rose , and , taking Will by the arm , led him out under the open heavens . " Did you ever look at ...
... leaves upon the trellis stood out illuminated against the bright sky , a pattern of transparent green upon a dusky purple . The young man rose , and , taking Will by the arm , led him out under the open heavens . " Did you ever look at ...
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... leaves the older generation still untouched , and the assimilation of the younger can hardly be complete or certain as long as the homes of the parents remain comparatively unaffected . Social , economic and intel- lectual conditions ...
... leaves the older generation still untouched , and the assimilation of the younger can hardly be complete or certain as long as the homes of the parents remain comparatively unaffected . Social , economic and intel- lectual conditions ...
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... leaves as faint and as durable an impression on the reader's mind as foot- steps on the shifting sand . And the more the story- teller can lead back the mind of childhood to the heart of childhood , the tales of wonder and of myth that ...
... leaves as faint and as durable an impression on the reader's mind as foot- steps on the shifting sand . And the more the story- teller can lead back the mind of childhood to the heart of childhood , the tales of wonder and of myth that ...
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... leaves a pencil or anything thicker than a single sheet of thin paper . It would strain my back . Whenever you are through reading me , if you are afraid of losing your place , don't turn down the corner of one of my leaves , but have a ...
... leaves a pencil or anything thicker than a single sheet of thin paper . It would strain my back . Whenever you are through reading me , if you are afraid of losing your place , don't turn down the corner of one of my leaves , but have a ...
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