. History of the grand kick-up of 1900 and 1901 . The Serapeum was commenced in 1840. It is edited byDr. Robert Naumann, who is affiftcd in his Duties by an Aflbciation ofLibrarians and literary Friends. PART SECOND. LIBRARIES But is there to be no End to this Piirchafe of Books ?Oh yes; and let us fee when it is. When there have beenredeemed from Time all the valuable intelledual Bcqucllsof former Ages; when there has been garnered up all thatpreceding Generations had amaflcd as a facred and im-perifhable Inheritance, there will then remain no Duty butto colleft what the Age produces. And whe
. History of the grand kick-up of 1900 and 1901 . The Serapeum was commenced in 1840. It is edited byDr. Robert Naumann, who is affiftcd in his Duties by an Aflbciation ofLibrarians and literary Friends. PART SECOND. LIBRARIES But is there to be no End to this Piirchafe of Books ?Oh yes; and let us fee when it is. When there have beenredeemed from Time all the valuable intelledual Bcqucllsof former Ages; when there has been garnered up all thatpreceding Generations had amaflcd as a facred and im-perifhable Inheritance, there will then remain no Duty butto colleft what the Age produces. And when literaryAmbition fhall ceafe to be excited; when Genius is nolonger bellowed by the Munificence of Heaven; whenInduftry no longer collefts new Fads refpcfting Man andNature; when the forming Hand ceafes to reproduce; whenthe Streams of human Intellect no longer flow; when theSprings of Intelligence and Thought arc all dried up ; whenthe Regions of Science and of Mind flecp in univcrfalLethargy,—then it will be Time to give over LIBRARIES
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