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 Extension 10 21 Next Steps The World of Print and the World's Work ...... 36 Library Work With Children Traveling Libraries Administration of Library Funds 57 64 73 PREFACE ISCONSIN , a true cradle of freedom and successful.
... Library Extension 10 21 Next Steps The World of Print and the World's Work ...... 36 Library Work With Children Traveling Libraries Administration of Library Funds 57 64 73 PREFACE ISCONSIN , a true cradle of freedom and successful.
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... librarian of experience , every adminis- trator of traveling libraries , will recall such instances . One boy comes upon the right book , and the current of his life is changed ; another reads a volume , and in his brain germinates the ...
... librarian of experience , every adminis- trator of traveling libraries , will recall such instances . One boy comes upon the right book , and the current of his life is changed ; another reads a volume , and in his brain germinates the ...
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... traveling school libraries , so there may well be added traveling school librarians . It is imperative that for this service there must be sought a type of teacher- librarian capable by reason of natural ability and edu- cation to ...
... traveling school libraries , so there may well be added traveling school librarians . It is imperative that for this service there must be sought a type of teacher- librarian capable by reason of natural ability and edu- cation to ...
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... traveling instructors , and other media of extension , many insti- tutions of higher learning have given recognition to the appeal of the masses . Logically with this enlarge- ment of educational opportunity , the amplification of library ...
... traveling instructors , and other media of extension , many insti- tutions of higher learning have given recognition to the appeal of the masses . Logically with this enlarge- ment of educational opportunity , the amplification of library ...
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... library commissions or state libraries actively admin- ister traveling libraries , the book supply is practically negligible . Even the hundreds of itinerating libraries but meagerly meet the want . All the traveling libra- ries in all ...
... library commissions or state libraries actively admin- ister traveling libraries , the book supply is practically negligible . Even the hundreds of itinerating libraries but meagerly meet the want . All the traveling libra- ries in all ...
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