A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. I — Melvil Dewey
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. I — Melvil Dewey
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. I — Melvil Dewey
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. I — Melvil Dewey
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. I — Melvil Dewey
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A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the book can be found, we should use it.

— Melvil Dewey
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