Take The Sum Of Human Achievement In

Nature, The Great Moloch, Which Exacts A Frightful Tax Of Human Blood, Sparing Neither Young Nor Old; Taking The Child From The Cradle, The Mother From Her Babe, And The Father From The Family.

The Very First Step Towards Success In Any Occupation Is To Become Interested In It.

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.

No Dreams, No Visions, No Delicious Fantasies, No Castles In The Air, With Which, As The Old Song So Truly Says, Hearts Are Broken, Heads Are Turned.

The Extraordinary Development Of Modern Science May Be Her Undoing. Specialism, Now A Necessity, Has Fragmented The Specialities Themselves In A Way That Makes The Outlook Hazardous. The Workers Lose All Sense Of Proportion In A Maze Of Minutiae.