Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Great Regulars: Standing in the Great Hall and gazing upward

is like finding yourself inside a Fabergé egg. If great thoughts--not just the idle reflections of the moment, but the really big ideas--could take physical shape, this is probably what they would look like. The sensation you feel is one of mental levitation--like wisdom, only more exciting.

from Charles McGrath: The New York Times: The Great Library Jefferson Began, and How It Grew

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