Show one of the best means of assisting si still in this character building is by surround surrounding in 0 the i individuals a with productions of our authors these can be obtained to suit the tastes and capacities of all cicero once said books are the food of youth the delight n of old age the ornaments of prosperity and the refuge 0 and comfort of adversity if t this his be true how necessary it is to instill in the hearts and lives of children the lovo love for the best literature era ture if this is done the love for reading and self improve ment will grow and increase with their years it is in the libraries of the present time that the deeds of those noble heroes and literary men are tobe to be found by a careful study and comparison of their lives and our own we can form higher 0 ideas and live better lives in this way making in the world better for our havin having 0 lived the writings and examples of these sages point out a private path of virtue teaching us that the k greatest empire is is that of self ZD government and subduing our own passions is the noblest of conquests then is it not books to which we are indebted for our higher and nobler thou thoughts 1 I its and feelings Z for the beautiful life we seem to live eve in our imaginations as it elevates the mind and seems to have an existence in a grander sphere except a living man there is nothing 0 more wonderful wondern ul than a book it is a messa message e to us from the dead from human souls whom we never saw who perhaps lived hundreds of years before us and yet in a little sheet of paper they speak to us and open opan their hearts as brothers are the children of this century to be deprived of these glorious privileges when books are so easily obtained all would cry nay it is not possible for libraries to be had in every home so much the more necessary it is to have etya libraries aias in every schoolroom these libraries should be formed by a very careful selection of the best books well adapted the capacity of the pupils in whose hands they are placed |