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A Sign Of Celebrity Is That His Name Is Often Worth More Than His Services.

Time Makes Heroes But Dissolves Celebrities.

[the Library Of Congress] Is A Multimedia Encyclopedia. These Are The Tentacles Of A Nation.

If Our Knowledge Is, As I Believe, Only An Island In An Infinite Sea Of Ignorance, How Can We In Our Short Lifetime Find Satisfaction In Exploring Our Little Island? How Can We Persuade Ourselves To Be Exhilarated By Our Meager Knowledge And Yet Not Be Discouraged By The Ocean Vistas?

The American Experience Stirred Mankind From Discovery To Exploration. From The Cautious Quest For What They Knew (or Thought They Knew) Was Out There, Into An Enthusiastic Reaching To The Unknown. These Are Two Substantially Different Kinds Of Human Enterprise.