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AUTHOR: RAND, BENJAMIN TITLE: PHILOSOPHICAL l_ I D ri/A It T ■ ■ ■ ■ PLACE: DA TE : [S.L.] [N.D.l COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT BIBLIOGRAPH TC MICROFORM TARGET Master Negative # 9i-80U6-5 Original Material as Filmed - Existing Bibliographic Record i 10 fi ■ ■ 1 1 II ^ 'f ^ 108 Z2 Rand, Benjamin 1856-1^ 3-\ A philosophical library for the American continent 2d ed... r2>i P No title page No 6 of a vol of pamphlets V_y $ ^ u n Restrictions on Use: •', TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA REDUCTION RATIO: IjLh. iHm SIZE: 3r m ro IMAGE PLACEMENT: lA /fiX) IB HB /-n ^ DATE FILMED:_i^JL2.i:r5/- INITIALS,. Cr^G.. FILMED BY: RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS. INC WOODBRIDGE. CT .a5i ^. c Association for Information and Imago Managomsnt 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1100 Silver Spring. Maryland 20910 301/587-8202 Centimeter 123456789 10 i/i|ii/i|iiii|ii|i|ii|iyi|i|i|ii/iiil;i|ii|i|ibii|iii^^^^ 11 nil Inches 2 3 1.0 1^ 2.8 Ih m U£ ■■■■ i:. 1- « 1.4 2,5 ?? I.I 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.25 12 13 14 15 mm iilmiliinliiiiliiiiliii TTT | | '| |||||| f I'tH I "^ J5M' MONUFfiCTURED TO RUM STRNDRRDS BY RPPLIED IMRGE. INC. (»-^ ^0 (p ^ M< **-*5^p-^^^ 9 1904 A PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY FOR THE AMERlCAISr CONTINENT (Second revised edition) Camubidge, Mass., October 19, ]904. To the Chairman of the Philosophical Department, Harvard Unicersit, Sir : ■'' are fnllv '^' '''' "'T'"'"' "^ '^^ Pl>ilosopl,ieal Department a,e fully aware, several years have bee., devoted by me to the preparafo,. of a "Bibliography of Philosophy." I,s comprehensive character .s hkew.se familiar to you. With the publication of this book however, I deem the task only half completed. My ideal would be to found a Philosophical Library, for tlm benefit of the advanced students and scholars on this continent, which shall be the counterpart of this " Bibliography of Philosophy." At ...resent there ex.st^ in the various public and univer.sitv libraries only a few hundred or thousand dolla.s wo,th of duplicates of books on philosophy. Nowhe.-e in America is there an extensive philo- sophical l,b.a.y. No g.eater service, it seems to me, could be rendered to the cause of philosophy, and no nobler use could be ...ade of a part of Emerson Hall, tha.. the ecjuipment within its wal s of a ph.losoph.cal libra,y, which shall be equal to the demands of the advanced work in philosophy of the entire continent. In this broad spirit, the University already eo.Hlucts investigations .n Its observatory, in its hcbarium and, as occasion demands m vanous other depart.nents. Might not Harvard well become custodian of a similar trust, for continental philosophy, by means of Eme.-soii Hall? The scope of the foregoing plan is one, 1 hope, of a character to ,neet your approval. It was largely for this purpose I have sought to obtain additional funds for Emerson Hall. But there are phases of a philosophical libraiy which relate mo.e immediately to th.8 University, even if the preceding aims i«-oved at present impracticable. The new E.nerson Hall must find a place for the existing psychological and social libra.ies Cannot these libraries be consolidated and enlarged ? If it be said that the growth of departmental libraries, detached from the University Library, is to be deprecated, it may be replied that when a new library is built, the proposed philosophical library could be removed to the general library building. Meanwhile the department would have the advantage of its existence. The more important fact, however, for the department to consider, is, that a new library building will not of itself create a philosophical library. The fund for the pur- chase of books by the general library must always be distributed among many different departments. The share thus devoted to philosophy is necessarily small. Unless, therefore, use can be made of special funds, like those which may now l>e given to Emerson Hall, sucli a philosophical library might never exist at Harvard. Would not a philosophical library, moreover, be a most fitting coriiplement to the erection of the outward structure of Emerson Hall? If one examines the different departmental buildings of the University, one will find that in every instance their existence has been justitied largely by the necessity of laboratories, libraries or museums, in addition to lecture-rooms. To erect any building predominantly for the latter purpose, might lead to a similar de- mand upon the Corporation by every department. Such features of Emerson Hall as the psychological laboratories, Musee Sociale and a greatly needed library, ought thus to be strongly emphasized. Indeed, the value of such a library for advanced students can scarcely be overestimated. Witness the use of the Warren House libraries by the students in the modern languages. Every member of the department I am sure must ultimately agree with me, that without such aids to instruction their work cannot be nearly so well performed in the new building. Moreover an oricrinal and continued productiveness in historical and constructive philosophy would be more firmly secured on this continent by the existence of a large library. A favorable recommendation will therefore, I trust, be made by the department for additional funds to found a philosophical library in Emerson Hall. Yours truly, Benjamin Rand.