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A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established.

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Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

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Born: August 19, 1856
Died: July 21, 1929 (aged 72)
Bio: John Cotton Dana was an American library and museum director who sought to make these cultural institutions relevant to the daily lives of citizens.
Known for:
  1. The new museum
  2. A library primer (1899)
  3. Libraries: Addresses and Essays (1916)
  4. Notes on bookbinding for libraries (1906)
  5. Suggestions (1921)

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