Quote by Andrew Carnegie
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. – Andrew Carnegie

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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. – Andrew Carnegie

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Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends – the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions. – Andrew Carnegie

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I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air. – Sholem Asch

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A mans library is a sort of harem. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Librarians are generals in the war on ignorance. – Author Unknown

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A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic knot. – Arthur Koestler

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How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true! – Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts

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