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elderberrywine ([personal profile] elderberrywine) wrote2005-02-10 10:58 pm

One last little bit of late night spam...

Yikes. Positively chatty tonight. Because I cannot resist this wonderful quote -



(Speaking of the Library of Congress)

these treasures, in the form of books and documents, themselves organize and furnish their world. They appoint and settle the proportions, they thicken the air, they people the space, they create and consecrate all their relations, and no one shall say that, where they scatter life, which they themselves in fact are, history does not promptly attend.

Henry James, The American Scene

[identity profile] myladylyssa.livejournal.com 2005-02-12 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Wonderful quote! *is a happy librarian* :) Thanks for sharing!

[identity profile] elderberrywine.livejournal.com 2005-02-12 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Henry James was a hard-won acquired taste for me, but sometimes, he really does hit it.

[identity profile] lyrastar77.livejournal.com 2005-02-13 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a lovely quote! Much nicer than reading about the Library of Congress cataloguing system! ;-)

[identity profile] elderberrywine.livejournal.com 2005-02-13 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Hedh! Well, that does sound hard to beat, but I'm glad I could.