This question is ever present with us, and can stand any amount of discussion. But it is the gods of good fellowship and joy that we are discussing tonight, the library not as a center of learning but as a social center. Why, you and I, and my family, and others just like us. They want just the same things that we do, and to be accommodated in just the same way that we do. We talk about the people being hungry for books and information.
People are willing to sacrifice for something that they are very hungry for.
No, you are just a little sample of the public, and you think you need to read a pleasant, entertaining, restful book. Most of us are practical, everyday, working people, with a very limited time for reading, and this public whom we serve is just like us. A few of them will love to read the best, many of them will want information at intervals, a large proportion want recreative reading, and the vast majority use the library not at all. Now the former, who want and love the library, you need not be troubled about. They will naturally come to the library, and you will find pleasure in serving them.