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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... 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 myriad ways not dreamed of at its incep- tion , library extension has sought channels ...
... 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 myriad ways not dreamed of at its incep- tion , library extension has sought channels ...
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... social structure after all must rest upon a bread - and - butter foundation . It follows as a logical conclusion that society as a whole cannot reach a high stage of development until all its indi- vidual members are surrounded with ...
... social structure after all must rest upon a bread - and - butter foundation . It follows as a logical conclusion that society as a whole cannot reach a high stage of development until all its indi- vidual members are surrounded with ...
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... Social Center . " " But , after all , it 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 ...
... Social Center . " " But , after all , it 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 ...
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... social life . Unless the lives of a large part of our wage earners are to be left to their own barren meagerness , the community must see to it by some organized agency that they are instructed in the scientific foundation and social ...
... social life . Unless the lives of a large part of our wage earners are to be left to their own barren meagerness , the community must see to it by some organized agency that they are instructed in the scientific foundation and social ...
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... social institutions , with collections of books as a secondary interest . The institutes increased enormously in number , until through their medium more than a million volumes a year were circulated . Charles Knight issued his penny ...
... social institutions , with collections of books as a secondary interest . The institutes increased enormously in number , until through their medium more than a million volumes a year were circulated . Charles Knight issued his penny ...
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