The Library Is Not A Shrine For The Worship Of Books. It Is Not A Temple Where Literary Incense Must Be Burned Or Where One's One Devotion To The Bound Book Is Expressed In Ritual. A Library, To Modify The Famous Metaphor Of Socrates, Should Be The Delivery Room For The Birth Of Ideas - A Place Where History Comes To Life.
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The Library Is Not A Shrine For
Norman Cousins
The Library Is Not A Shrine For The Worship Of Books. It Is Not A Temple Where Literary Incense Must Be Burned Or Where One's One Devotion To The Bound Book Is Expressed In Ritual. A Library, To Modify The Famous Metaphor Of Socrates, Should Be The Delivery Room For The Birth Of Ideas - A Place Where History Comes To Life.
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