Public Libraries: a History of the Movement and a Manual for the Organization and Management of Rate-supported LibrariesCassell, 1894 - 604 páginas |
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... are of doubtful prudence and possibility , but these are the mere outlying incidents of every great and beneficial alteration . It can now be said that the hours of labour , for a considerable portion at Preface . xxiii.
... are of doubtful prudence and possibility , but these are the mere outlying incidents of every great and beneficial alteration . It can now be said that the hours of labour , for a considerable portion at Preface . xxiii.
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Thomas Greenwood. the hours of labour , for a considerable portion at least of our working population , are fixed within bounds so reasonable , although they still leave the lot of labour sufficiently severe , yet they are fixed within ...
Thomas Greenwood. the hours of labour , for a considerable portion at least of our working population , are fixed within bounds so reasonable , although they still leave the lot of labour sufficiently severe , yet they are fixed within ...
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... considerable literary importance . A China is waking up in the matter of Public Libraries . Public Library was established recently in Canton city . Speaking officially of the inauguration of this institution , the Viceroy of the ...
... considerable literary importance . A China is waking up in the matter of Public Libraries . Public Library was established recently in Canton city . Speaking officially of the inauguration of this institution , the Viceroy of the ...
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... considerable share of the surplus towards assisted education , and many people who are protesting loudly against what is not quite accurately called " free education " in elementary schools , seem to overlook the fact that , under the ...
... considerable share of the surplus towards assisted education , and many people who are protesting loudly against what is not quite accurately called " free education " in elementary schools , seem to overlook the fact that , under the ...
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... considerable check at the present time rather than an impetus , as judged by the dismissal of workpeople from the dockyards and clothing factories , and the marked tendency of public opinion to prevent the State from interfering with ...
... considerable check at the present time rather than an impetus , as judged by the dismissal of workpeople from the dockyards and clothing factories , and the marked tendency of public opinion to prevent the State from interfering with ...
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Página 529 - Therefore, when I say, in conducting your understanding, love knowledge with a great love, with a vehement love, with a love coeval with life, what do I say, but love innocence, love virtue...
Página ii - ... a Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World; Vocabularies of Scripture, Greek, Latin, and English Proper Names ; a Dictionary of the noted Names of Fiction ; a Brief History of the English Language ; a Dictionary of Foreign Quotations, Words, Phrases, Proverbs, &c. ; a Biographical Dictionary with 10,000 Names, &c.
Página 21 - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.
Página 531 - Any Town or City may receive in its corporate capacity, and hold and manage any devise, bequest, or donation, for the establishment, increase, or maintenance of a Public Library within the same.
Página 22 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Página 568 - ... Libraries and Museums established under that Act or the Act thereby repealed shall be considered as having been established under this Act, and the Council of any Borough which may have adopted the said Act of One thousand eight hundred and fifty, or established a Museum under the Act thereby repealed, shall have and may use and exercise all the Benefits, Privileges and Powers given by this Act ; and all Monies which have been borrowed by virtue of the said repealed Acts or either of them, and...
Página 529 - ... cheerless beginnings of knowledge, by the darkness from which she springs, by the difficulties which hover around her, by the wretched habitations in which she dwells, by the want and sorrow which sometimes journey in her train ; but let him ever follow her as the Angel that guards him, and as the Genius of his life. She will bring him out at last into the light of day, and exhibit him to the world comprehensive in acquirements, fertile in resources, rich in imagination, strong in reasoning,...
Página 21 - Of all the amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hard-working man, after his daily toil, or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion.
Página 576 - Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that Schedule mentioned : Provided that...
Página 582 - All powers given by this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred on any local or harbour authority by Act of Parliament, law, or custom...