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"N ow there are four chief obstacles to grasping truth, which hinder every man, however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to earn a clear title to knowledge; namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by the ostentatious display of our knowledge."
Roger Bacon, Opus Majus.
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- AAHC Forum: Preserving History and Culture at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center May 9, 2013
- AAHC Forum: Succession Plan Plays Key Role in Museum Merger May 9, 2013
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Safe from the Temptations of Public Libraries
In a letter published in Library Journal in 1908 U.K. librarian James Duff Brown was puzzled by comparisons of British and American public library statistics. He noticed that the number of registered borrowers per capita among prominent U.S. libraries seemed … Continue reading →