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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... 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 would give ...
... 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 would give ...
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... public library the only open door through which they catch glimpses of opportunity beyond their own immediate domain . With all the limitations involved , this is a hopeful circumstance , for instances . are plentiful where " the chance ...
... public library the only open door through which they catch glimpses of opportunity beyond their own immediate domain . With all the limitations involved , this is a hopeful circumstance , for instances . are plentiful where " the chance ...
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... library in every county town ? There is a Majesty's gaol and gallows in every one , " and it is as long since the Public Libraries Act was passed , and yet the lack of libraries is still one of the most startling deficiencies in these ...
... library in every county town ? There is a Majesty's gaol and gallows in every one , " and it is as long since the Public Libraries Act was passed , and yet the lack of libraries is still one of the most startling deficiencies in these ...
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... public library . Neither condition nor place of birth , nor age , nor sex , nor social position , serves as bar of exclusion from this house of the open door , of the cordial welcome , of the sympathetic aid freely ren- dered . In ...
... public library . Neither condition nor place of birth , nor age , nor sex , nor social position , serves as bar of exclusion from this house of the open door , of the cordial welcome , of the sympathetic aid freely ren- dered . In ...
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... public library which must serve this need . And therein lies the most potent reason for the extension of its work into every field , whether intimately or remotely affiliated , which can bring about these purposes . Its work with ...
... public library which must serve this need . And therein lies the most potent reason for the extension of its work into every field , whether intimately or remotely affiliated , which can bring about these purposes . Its work with ...
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