Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.
Anne Herbert is an American writer who is best-known for coining the phrase, "Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty." (This quote was inspired by underground comics artist Gilbert Shelton's "Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope.")
On this date in 1901, Andrew Carnegie gave $60,000 to Joplin, Missouri, for the construction of a public library -- one of 1689 Carnegie libraries built in the United States. The Joplin library was a second home for me when I was growing up. I would have to say that other than my parents, my grandparents, and my piano teacher, no one had a greater influence on my childhood than Andrew Carnegie.
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