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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

"it can't go on like this, it just can't

"Margot patted his cuff and said, "'Now be a good boy.' "His first thought next morning was: "it can't go on like this, it just can't

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"Margot patted his cuff and said,
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"'Now be a good boy.'
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"His first thought next morning was:
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"it can't go on like this, it just can't.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
02:30:51
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
"A textbook of love for beginners. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
"A textbook of love for beginners.
"So young, so pure, so maddening. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
"So young, so pure, so maddening.
"'Are you asleep?' - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
"'Are you asleep?'
"He achieved the perfect yawn and opened his eyes. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
"He achieved the perfect yawn and opened his eyes.
Elisabeth was seated in a pale blue nightgown." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Elisabeth was seated in a pale blue nightgown."
One, two, three, four, okay. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
One, two, three, four, okay.
Harney thinks that - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:28
Harney thinks that
That capital and labor don't have to be at odds. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That capital and labor don't have to be at odds.
That the variable of land - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
That the variable of land
This is specifically in the United States. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
This is specifically in the United States.
The key here is that Marx is saying, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
The key here is that Marx is saying,
Because Northerners already were catching up - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:22
Because Northerners already were catching up
So Marx is writing, saying, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
So Marx is writing, saying,
But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument,
There is a very, very, virulent critique - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
There is a very, very, virulent critique
We know because people like Eric Foner have written about - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
We know because people like Eric Foner have written about
He's this well-known first American sociologist. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He's this well-known first American sociologist.
He believes that slave society - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
He believes that slave society
Throughout human history, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Throughout human history,
Throughout time this has been the case. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Throughout time this has been the case.