Care More For The Individual Patient Than

The Successful Teacher Is No Longer On A Height, Pumping Knowledge At High Pressure Into Passive Receptacles.

A Library Represents The Mind Of Its Collector, His Fancies And Foibles, His Strength And Weakness, His Prejudices And Preferences. Particularly Is This The Case If, To The Character Of A Collector, He Adds - Or Tries To Add - The Qualities Of A Student Who Wishes To Know The Books And The Lives Of The Men Who Wrote Them. The Friendships Of His Life, The Phases Of His Growth, The Vagaries Of His Mind, All Are Represented.

The Librarian Of Today, And It Will Be True Still More Of The Librarians Of Tomorrow, Are Not Fiery Dragons Interposed Between The People And The Books. They Are Useful Public Servants, Who Manage Libraries In The Interest Of The Public . . . Many Still Think That A Great Reader, Or A Writer Of Books, Will Make An Excellent Librarian. This Is Pure Fallacy.

Happiness Lies In The Absorption In Some Vocation Which Satisfies The Soul.

It Is Strange How The Memory Of A Man May Float To Posterity On What He Would Have Himself Regarded As The Most Trifling Of His Works.