Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Proceedings Upon the Dedication of Plummer Hall, at Salem, October 6, 1857: Including Mr. Hoppin's Address and Judge White's Memoir of the Plummer Family
There are few springs of public education of more worth and depth than the library. The private library which nourishes but one family, distinguishes a house from others that have no books, more than upholstery or gilt ceilings. There is light in that house, and the rest are but gloomy Egyptian palaces. If sanctified by prayer and faith, the room that contains the library is the inner room of the house, where the soul lives. Should not every house, if possible, have such an inner room, devoted to reading, meditation, and prayer, where the soul sits.
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