[Ads-l] Request help accessing The Art of Thought (1926) Graham Wallas via Center for Research Libraries

ADSGarson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Mon Dec 9 16:12:05 UTC 2019


While searching for a copy of the book mentioned in the subject line I
came across a new access mechanism (new to me). The Center for
Research Libraries has a digital copy of the book that can be accessed
via research libraries that are within the consortium.

Perhaps someone with access would be willing to send to me off-list a
few page scans from the book to verify the full citation for a
quotation. Here is the data under scrutiny:

Year: 1926 Copyright
Book: The Art of Thought
Author: Graham Wallas
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York
Quote Page 106

[Begin extracted text]
The little girl had the making of a poet in her who, being told to be
sure of her meaning before she spoke, said, 'How can I know what I
think till I see what I say?' A modern professed thinker must,
however, sooner or later in the process of ...
[End extracted text]

The Center for Research Libraries apparently has scans online which
are available at this link:
https://dds.crl.edu/crldelivery/13368

Ideally, I would like to acquire scans showing the quotation and
metadata, i.e., scans showing the book title, book author, publisher,
year of publication, the quotation together with the page before and
after the quotation.

Thanks for any help you can provide
Garson O'Toole

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