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Quote by Stephen Leacock
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room;

If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – Stephen Leacock

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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. – Stephen Leacock

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Nutrimentum spiritus (food for the soul). – Berlin Royal Library, inscription

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A library is thought in cold storage. – Herbert Samuel

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Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. – Richard Powers

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Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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