Joseph Addison Quotation - Chickasha, OK
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A quotation of Joseph Addison is etched on Nash Library on the campus of the University of Science and Arts.
Waymark Code: WMKXAB
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2014
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High on the frieze above the second floor windows of Nash Library, a partial quotation from Joseph Addison (1672-1719) is etched in the stone. It reads:
"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind... - Addison".
The full quotation from which this is taken reads: “Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.”
Address:
1727 W. Alabama
Univ. of Science & Arts
Chickasha, OK 73018
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