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There are three requisites to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings: a thankful reflection on the goodness of the giver; a deep sense of our own unworthiness; and a recollection of the uncertainty of our long possessing them. The first will make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.

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Lawrence Clark Powell

Lawrence Clark Powell (b. Washington, DC, 1906; d. Arizona, March 14, 2001) was an author, librarian and bibliographer. He was University Librarian at the UCLA Library and head librarian of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library from 1944 until 1961. He was the first dean of the School of Library Service at UCLA, which later merged to become the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. He received a BA from Occidental College in 1928, a doctorate from University of Burgundy in Dijon ( Université de Bourgogne ) in 1932, and Certificate of Librarianship from UC Berkeley in 1937.

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