耶鲁大学最大的图书馆斯特林纪念图书馆的借书台上刻着这样一行字:人群来来往往,知识与日俱增。确实,历经300多年的积累和捐赠,这所当初仅靠40本书起家的大学,如今已成为一个拥有庞大而完备的图书馆系统的知识宝库。这个宝库由斯特林纪念图书馆、地下图书馆、贝内克珍本与手稿图书馆、西利·马德图书馆等数家中心图书 The largest library in Yale University Stirling Memorial Library’s borrowing desk engraved with this line: the crowd coming and going, increasing knowledge. Indeed, after more than 300 years of accumulation and donation, the university, which originally started with only 40 books, has now become a repository of knowledge with a vast and complete library system. The treasure house consists of several books, including the Stirling Memorial Library, the Underground Library, the Beinek Rare Book and the Manuscript Library, and the Sealy Mad Library