"We apostles and missionaries of the book" are engaged in "the eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst [...] The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant."
Dewey, Melvil: Relation of the State to the Public Library. - In: Transactions and Proceedings of the Second International Library Conference held in London, July 13-16, 1897. London, 1898. p. 20