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“The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.”
― So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance
― So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance
“If there were a party of those who aren't sure they're right, I'd belong to it.
(as quoted by Tony Judt)”
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(as quoted by Tony Judt)”
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“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them."
[Letter to Herbert Putnam; in: Waters, Edward N.: Herbert Putnam: the tallest little man in the world; Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 33:2 (April 1976), p. 171]”
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[Letter to Herbert Putnam; in: Waters, Edward N.: Herbert Putnam: the tallest little man in the world; Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 33:2 (April 1976), p. 171]”
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“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.”
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“You know, the immortality of the soul, free will and all that -- it's all very amusing to talk about up to the age of twenty-two, but not after that. Then one ought to be giving one's mind to having fun without catching the pox, arranging one's life as comfortably as possible, having a few decent drawings on the wall, and above all writing well. That's the important thing: well-made sentences...and then a few metaphors. Yes, a few metaphors. They embellish a man's existence.”
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