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Our 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 Dewey
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Melvil Dewey
Age: 80 †
Born: 1851
Born: December 10
Died: 1931
Died: December 26
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Adams Center
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Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
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