"Libraries are not made, they grow." ― Augustine Birrell Topic(s): History More From Augustine Birrell "That great dust-heap called ‘history’." "Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm." More In History "Natural history is not about producing fables."― David Attenborough "Our history is not our destiny."― Alan Cohen "The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history."― Ralph Nader