“True university … is a collection of books”
January 8, 2012
Well, I suppose you all know the quote attributed to Thomas Carlyle, “The true university of these days is a collection of books.” My question is – in how many places is that quote inscribed?
I know it is inscribed in the old San Francisco Library (now the Asian Art Museum):
And it is inscribed at the Library of Congress
Where other libraries boast this inscription?
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BLT 
Is it not inscribed here
http://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/index.php?/history-of-the-library.html ?
Is that so? Ironic!