Posted on 05/11/2009 5:18:07 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Before we begin today's lesson, let us review the purpose of a library, shall we? Are libraries not a compilation of knowledge in the form of books and visual aids brought together for the edification of students of humanity to be used a s a tool for their growth and enrichment? If it is, the earnest curators of the Oxford Library have somehow missed that definition.
Apparently, the librarians at Oxford, however, have been misled to believe that a library is more like a static piece of art. They must think that a "library" is a permanent arrangement of book-like objects, pleasingly arranged, yet immovable, set up to fill a particular space for the purpose of a sort of permanent exhibit. But, please, while you are staying reverently quiet as is traditional in a "library" setting, please remember not to actually touch anything, won't you? After all, we have your safety to consider.
Either that or the goodly Oxford librarians have allowed the feminization of western culture to at last supersede the concept of education. The mother-hennish propensity to keep us all "safe" has at last become an object far more important than the improvement of the mind. The sublime introspection that might be found in the careful study of philosophy, history, the humanities, poetry, and the arts is now a poor second to keeping us from taking an unwanted tumble. Or, perhaps the loving Oxford mothers are merely making sure that we don't all succumb to that dreaded, life-threatening paper cut that is ever so present in a room of books?
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I think of the way children often mispronounce the word:
Lie-berry.
You know, like raspberry, but it sprays lies all over you.
“...banned step-ladders from its world famous Bodleian library – because of health and safety fears.”
Jethroe Bodine studied at Oxford.......
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