This is the Library that has grown. in a very real sense. as the United States has grown. Here is. as fully as may be. the story of our national progresscultural. intellectual. scientific. This is the Library whose galleries are visited by kings and queens. heads of state. 4H Clubs. the newly naturalized. the rich and the poor. the mighty and the humble. the great and the neargreat. Its influence in presenting the United States to the peoples of the world in the best light are subtle and deep. profound and overwhelming. and brilliantly effective in counteracting a world image of socalled "Ugly Americans." And all this. up to this very hour. has been achieved. not by a constant succession of one Librarian and then another and then still another. Tather. it has been achieved byI repeatonly 11 men. andagain I repeat3 of these held office for a total of 105 years.
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