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... of "what happened," it also frees our imaginations and allows us to speculate about the thoughts and motives behind their actions in an attempt to fathom those worlds of the ... that would be able to invite and entertain in a modest way distinguished persons, lecturers, musical artists, ...
... to write. The project came to me as a surprise, as did all of the support I received along the way. The staff of the Madison Public Library did for me what ... I am fortunate to have relatives who were willing to share their time and expertise to improve my writing. Mark raised ...
... provide its members the means to independently continue their education and to satisfy some of their recreational ... needs. It has offered opportunities to people of all ages to stretch their minds and nourish their souls, and ... Though the library has grown and changed in innumerable ways since its founding, the staff and board have been ...
... child was that this was a place where your mind will be challenged and you’ll have fun too. Welcome, enter, learn, ... Public Library have shared a remarkable continuity in their determination of what is important to offer children ... in the loaned books and to acquaint children with the ways of the library." Hannah Ellis, Julia Hopkins, and the ...
"No person shall be allowed to handle the books upon the shelves." 1st ... or evil in the state of nature?" The rules of the library always have been developed under the premise that the public ... which books were checked out and by whom. All readers had their names on individual pages, and each book taken was ...
"Problems worthy of attack, prove their worth by fighting back." Paul Erdos, mathematician ... twenty-five years is as difficult and frustrating a challenge as Sisyphus�39; attempt to push a stone to the top of a ... of the intensity with which patrons care, and have always cared, about their library to the extent that they have ...
... and you won’t come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn." - Leo Tolstoy, author In celebration of ... follow reflect the determination of MPL staff to best serve their patrons. The first group of stories depicts efforts to ... promote the library. Finally, the stories on Charles Hathaway and the gifts donated to the library reveal, in part, ...
"I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library." Jorge Luis ... one of the branches, I now value the intimacy of having small neighborhood libraries and the convenience of being able ... they had free access to books in Italian and Yiddish in their new Neighborhood House Library. I smile in reverie as ...
... instances in which MPL has received national exposure. Finally, the Isaac Bashevis Singer anecdote offers the wisdom ... catalogues." "Librarians are very interesting folks. All their ways are helping ways and glad to see you ways." "If anybody ...
... me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who have ever been alive." ... printed articles praising Madison�39;s citizens for their insatiable reading habits. In combination, we find ... the most dangerous institutions of our day. Since it is always fought in the open air, the combatants are nearly sure ...