Victor HugoA library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the
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A library implies an act of faith, a belief that the world is worth knowing and worth saving. The only way the world can be known is through evidence, through knowledge that is acquired from studying and reading. A library is a place where the collection of knowledge is kept for generations to use. Parents teach their children about the world by reading to them.
Children have their own libraries of knowledge as they grow older and continue to read and learn throughout their lives. A library is a living, breathing thing which goes on all around us every day, but we never notice it because we don’t know it exists.
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