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. (Norman Cousins)

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.

Norman Cousins

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