To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

We've got nothing, but we have everything we need. I've got my wife, my son. We've got food and shelter, and we feel fortunate to have that because many people don't.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. They are of two kinds: the library of published material, books, pamphlets, periodicals, and the archive of unpublished papers and documents.

To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.