Chronology
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The books in the Goodrich Seminar Room are arranged chronologically to invite inquiry through the written conversation of civilizations.
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Pierre Goodrich Letter to the Librarian

From the Letter to the Librarian • c. 1960s

The books are arranged in chronological order on the theory that man at any given point of time is influenced by the conversation which he is able to find in the written records of the past and in current discussion if he wishes to better understand.

What Am I?
Can I?
Ought I?
— Pierre F. Goodrich

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