The time was when a library was very like a museum and the librarian a mouser among dusty books. The time is when the library is a school and the librarian in the highest sense a teacher.
Melvil DeweyOur great function is to inform or to inspire, or to please; to give to the public in the quickest and cheapest way information, inspiration, and recreation on the highest plane. If a better way than the books is found we should use it.
Melvil DeweyWomen can endure pain with fortitude, and they can perform monotonous tasks with patience.
Melvil Dewey