“No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.” WorldEndsGreatnessCivilizationLibraryUniversityEnd Of The WorldRisen Book:Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell Source: Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell
“A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing to a well-made book. It awaits its destined reader, come when he may, with eager hand and seeing eye. Then occurs one of the great examples of union, that of a man with a book, pleasurable, sometimes fruitful, potentially world-changing, simple; and in a library...witho ut cost to the reader.” MenWorldWellsMayMeanMadeBookSometimesHandsEyeSimpleSeeingCenturyExampleReaderCostUnionsPatientLibraryInventionDestined Book:Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell Source: Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell
