And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I wanted some for the same reason. Could never find any - went to surplus auctions, yard sales antique shops for years...don't have any idea where they all went. Bubbarust
That was brutal….
ReplyDeleteThe Dewey decimal system worked well if you knew what you were looking for.
ReplyDeleteThe one word "subject" could be a slough of despond to wade through.
ReplyDeleteGod help you if you got sidetracked. There was no 'return to previous screen' option.
ReplyDeleteMichael in Neson
only too well
ReplyDeleteKept me from getting straight A’s.
ReplyDeleteMF
I had a work-study job, part of my financial aid, working in the library. Updating that "search engine" a few hours every day.
ReplyDeleteUgh!
ReplyDeleteHeck I remember when words were scribed on stone tablets
ReplyDeleteAll we had were charcoal sticks and cave walls.
DeleteI could use a couple of those cabinets for my hardware storage. You know, bolts, nuts, screws, etc.
ReplyDeleteI wanted some for the same reason. Could never find any - went to surplus
Deleteauctions, yard sales antique shops for years...don't have any idea where they
all went.
Bubbarust
I never got the hang of it. Always had to ask for help from the librarian.
ReplyDeleteNemo
I can smell that library when I saw this
ReplyDeleteBetter than Wikipedia, where instant editing is done on a whim.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! I can also remember using an inventory card system in a NAPA store in the 1960's!
ReplyDeleteThe basket of little paper scraps they had so you could mark your place when going from one drawer to another.
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