“A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.”
Norman Cousins (1915–1990) American journalist
“A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas — a place where history comes to life.”
American Library Association Bulletin (Oct 1954).
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