No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end. (Lawrence Clark Powell)

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.

Lawrence Clark Powell

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