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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... tion exceeding that of any state in the Union except its own . Chicago has within its city limits more peo- ple than any of forty states . The ten leading cities comprise together one - eighth of the total population of the United ...
... tion exceeding that of any state in the Union except its own . Chicago has within its city limits more peo- ple than any of forty states . The ten leading cities comprise together one - eighth of the total population of the United ...
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... tion , " Why is there not a Majesty's 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 ...
... tion , " Why is there not a Majesty's 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 ...
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... tion , library extension has sought channels of useful- ness to reach all the people . The traveling library in rural regions , the branch stations in congested centers of population , the children's room , the department of technology ...
... tion , library extension has sought channels of useful- ness to reach all the people . The traveling library in rural regions , the branch stations in congested centers of population , the children's room , the department of technology ...
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... tion of stolid school - room self - sufficiency should be modified by crediting to Horace Mann a vision that scarcely survived his passing . A historian of educa- tional influences informs us that in Mr. Mann's work for teachers two ...
... tion of stolid school - room self - sufficiency should be modified by crediting to Horace Mann a vision that scarcely survived his passing . A historian of educa- tional influences informs us that in Mr. Mann's work for teachers two ...
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... tion is that of the ultimate aim of life , there must be that attenion to the individual need which in the end makes for the uplifting of all . To that end the means must be wrought . If the school must deal per- force with groups ...
... tion is that of the ultimate aim of life , there must be that attenion to the individual need which in the end makes for the uplifting of all . To that end the means must be wrought . If the school must deal per- force with groups ...
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