 | 1876 - 554 sivua
...justly be proud. " If the soul of a library be its librarian its heart is the catalogue." Carlyle said that " the true university of these days is a collection of books." Put aside something for the purchase of books. Many in the country are beyond the reach and convenience... | |
 | Henry Major - 1876 - 784 sivua
...and contemplative in his habits, and took no part in the proceedings. In after years he laid it down that " the true University of these days is a collection of books," and on this principle he acted. Not content with ransacking the College Library, he read all that was readable... | |
 | 1900 - 708 sivua
...cannot bear them now." This principle we should follow in our Bible teaching of the young. Carlyle says that " the true university of these days is a collection of books," and children still in the kindergarten should have laid for them at least the foundation of such a university.... | |
 | Newcastle upon Tyne (England). City Council - 1884 - 582 sivua
...elementary schools, and supply a deficiency in our system of national education. Carlyle says : — "The true university of these days is a collection of books," and there is none better than a public library, with its vast stores of intellectual wealth, within reach... | |
 | 1884 - 226 sivua
...elementary schools, and supply •& deficiency in our system of national education. Carlyle says :—" The true university of these days is a collection of books," and there is none better than a public library, with its vast stores of intellectual wealth, within reach... | |
 | Thomas Greenwood - 1886 - 522 sivua
...FREE LIBRARY, AND SCHOOL OF ART . , 356 FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, CHAPTER I. INTKODUCTIOK ARLYLE has said that " the true university of these days is a collection of books." It would appear, however, that in by far the greater majority of towns and districts this fact had... | |
 | Thomas Greenwood - 1886 - 520 sivua
...LIBRARY, AND SCHOOL OF ART . . 356 FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, CHAPTEE I. INTEODUCTION. AKLYLE has Said that " the true university of these days is a collection of books." It would appear, however, that in by far the greater majority of towns and districts this fact had... | |
 | Edward John Hardy - 1887 - 300 sivua
...and by surprise when the second and each of the twelve in succession is duly taken out and read. " The true university of these days is a collection of books," and there is no reason why sweeps, like other respectable people, should not graduate in it. Thanks to... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1889 - 674 sivua
...respectively. He was particularly efficient in promoting the interests of the former, and, recognizing that " the true university of these days is a collection of books," devoted his energies to the founding of an adequate library for that institution. This service, as... | |
 | 1890 - 580 sivua
...through our ancestor's eyes." — James Howett. This quotation calls to mind the remark of Carlyle, that " the true university of these days is a collection of books," but all readers are not fortunate enough to reside near such an university. We have not yet published... | |
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