More from Archibald MacLeish
- “Ars Poetica”, Collected Poems, 1917-1982 (1985)
What is more important in a library than anything else — is the fact that it exists.
“The Premise Of Meaning” in American Scholar (5 June 1972)
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The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
“In Praise of Dissent”, New York Times (16 December 1956)
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What is more important in a library than anything else — is the fact that it exists.