"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

01 February 2023

1650.

The proper charge, then, of the honorary library keeper in a university should be thought upon, and the end of that employment, in my conception, is to keep the public stock of learning, which is in books and manuscripts to increase it, and to propose it to others in the way which may be most useful unto all. His work, then, is to be a factor and trader for helps to learning, and a treasurer to keep them, and a dispenser to apply them to use, or to see them well used, or at least not abused.

John Dury (1650)

1650, kids. 

The battle never ends.  

Just read and keep reading.  Just learn and keep learning.

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