When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could go to a building and take a book on any subject. They couldn't believe this access to knowledge we have here in America. They couldn't believe that it was free. One of them is not reading them. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts.
Monuments fall, nations perish, civilization grow old and die out, new races build others.
Our history has been greatly shaped by people who read their way to opportunity and achievements in public libraries.