The Choice Of A Point

There Are People Who So Arrange Their Lives That They Feed Themselves Only On Side Dishes.

Here, Then, Is The Point At Which I See The New Mission Of The Librarian Rise Up Incomparably Higher Than All Those Preceding. Up Until The Present, The Librarian Has Been Principally Occupied With The Book As A Thing, As A Material Object. From Now On He Must Give His Attention To The Book As A Living Function. He Must Become A Policeman, Master Of The Raging Book.

In Order To Master The Unruly Torrent Of Life The Learned Man Meditates, The Poet Quivers, And The Political Hero Erects The Fortress Of His Will.

Tell Me To What You Pay Attention And I Will Tell You Who You Are.

Commonplaces Are The Tramways Of Intellectual Transportation.