I gave em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, Id have done the same thing. – Richard Milhous Nixon
[A]t present my chief work is on the manuscripts of the library—a blessed lot, as nothing could be more interesting, as bringing me into close touch with the ancients, to whom I now belong. – James L. Whitney, “Reminiscences of an Old Librarian,” November 1909 #oldsoul