"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 "No truly great person ever thought themselves so."― William Hazlitt "My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself."― Julie Andrews "History passes the final judgment."― Sidney Poitier