You will have already received my e-mail commenting on the unique idea of a small library providing focus in a world drowning in oceans of information.
This comment is on your library motto, which I see is derived from that great quote from Horace "Nunc est bidendum" (Now is the time to drink). Very clever to add "tea" and to adapt this beverage to the ancient Latin tongue.
However, might you have considered this quote from Pliny the Younger as a motto---"Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit" (There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some point)?
It is worth noting that today, December 13, 2006, is a modest but important milestone of the establishment of your very excellent library. Additionally, it pleased me to learn that you have instituted such high-tech systems to ensure the cleanliness and preservation of your growing collection. Books can never be too old nor too clean.
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You will have already received my e-mail commenting on the unique idea of a small library providing focus in a world drowning in oceans of information.
This comment is on your library motto, which I see is derived from that great quote from Horace "Nunc est bidendum" (Now is the time to drink). Very clever to add "tea" and to adapt this beverage to the ancient Latin tongue.
However, might you have considered this quote from Pliny the Younger as a motto---"Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit" (There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some point)?
Yours faithfully,
Hedman E. Sheldon
Dear Sirs:
It is worth noting that today, December 13, 2006, is a modest but important milestone of the establishment of your very excellent library. Additionally, it pleased me to learn that you have instituted such high-tech systems to ensure the cleanliness and preservation of your growing collection. Books can never be too old nor too clean.
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