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Without A Yardstick Sometimes The High Points Can Be Taken For Granted.

Do You Really Think You'd Win A Pr War Against A Bunch Of Committed Librarians?' He Thought About This, But He Knew I Was Right. The Libraries Were A Treasured Institution And So Central To Everyday Life That Government And Commerce Rarely Did Anything That Might Upset Them.some Say They Were More Powerful Than The Military, Or, If Not, They Were Certainly Quieter. As They Say: Don't Mess With Librarians. Only They Use A Stronger Word Than 'mess'.

The Best Plans Are Always The Simplest.

You Have Many Fine Qualities That I Admire. But You Are Out Of Time. You Should Have Been Born A Century Ago, When Values Such As Yours Meant Something.

Librarying Is A Harder Profession Than The Public Realizes, He Said. People Think It's All Rubber Stamps, Knowing That Dewey 521 Is Celestial Mechanics And Saying 'try Looking Under Fiction' Sixty Eight Times A Day.