Great Quotation @ WU Library

what we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. the greatest university of all is a collection of books."

- Thomas Carlyle

great universities have great libraries - and great libraries are more thatn a collection of books. they are a home to great minds. the portraits in Olin Library honor the distinguished writers, teachers, benefactors, and other important individuals who have greatly enriched the intellectual life of Washington University. many of them were major literary figures. most were library regulars (a few still are). almost all of them gave their papers to the libraries for safekeeping. so it is only natural that their images images should also reside here, as a reminder of the geritage we share when we step inside a library.

 

special collections reading room 에 걸려있는 초상화, James Merrill.
미국의 시인이었다고 한다.

olin 도서관에는 많은 교수님, 자선가, 예술가들의 초상화가 전시되어 있는데,
그 중에서도 가장 편안하고 정이가는 그림이다.

oline version of artwork in olin library guide: www.library.wustl.edu/artwork