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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... material progress of the individual and a cultural influence in the community through the individual . Perhaps it may be said more accurately that the one mission is essential to give scope for the second . For , first of all , man must ...
... material progress of the individual and a cultural influence in the community through the individual . Perhaps it may be said more accurately that the one mission is essential to give scope for the second . For , first of all , man must ...
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... material into shape for them and systematize their use thereof . " The library and the university may serve the citizen by giving unity and direction to his reading , helping him to hitherto hidden worth and meaning in the humblest ...
... material into shape for them and systematize their use thereof . " The library and the university may serve the citizen by giving unity and direction to his reading , helping him to hitherto hidden worth and meaning in the humblest ...
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... material to help us to realize our needs . " In the relatively few instances where co - operation between school and library administration has led to installation of modern library equipment in elemen- tary schools , the difficulties ...
... material to help us to realize our needs . " In the relatively few instances where co - operation between school and library administration has led to installation of modern library equipment in elemen- tary schools , the difficulties ...
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... material and reference sources for class room use , by conducting story hours and reading clubs , by giving instruction in the use of the library and the keys that open books , by giving stimulus to the ambitions and capacities of ...
... material and reference sources for class room use , by conducting story hours and reading clubs , by giving instruction in the use of the library and the keys that open books , by giving stimulus to the ambitions and capacities of ...
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... - sition to the establishment of a public library system for the city of New York . These were but echoes of earlier antagonisms . III For the documentary material dealing with the beginnings of WORLD OF PRINT AND WORLD'S WORK 39.
... - sition to the establishment of a public library system for the city of New York . These were but echoes of earlier antagonisms . III For the documentary material dealing with the beginnings of WORLD OF PRINT AND WORLD'S WORK 39.
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