When there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good persons is but knowledge in the making.

John Milton (1608-1674), Areopagitica

[Gregg LeFevre Signature]

The Library Walk, is a venture launched in 1996 by the New York Public Library, Grand Central Partnership and New Yorker Magazine, in which are embedded in bronze plaques quotes from well-known books, or those dealing with books and literature. The panels designed by artist Gregg LeFevre were laid in 1998 from the New York Public Library building along 41st Street.

The plaque contains a quote from the speech of the English poet John Milton, a speech he delivered before the English Parliament, in which he called for the abolition of censorship of printed materials and in favor of freedom of printing.

An illustration of an old printing press appears on the plaque