How To Make Town Libraries Successful

Most Harris Defusing Sentence: "It is vain to go on the principle of collecting books that people outh to read, and afterwards trying to coax them to read them" (Perkins, 420).

This sentence puts a bit of a damper on the elitist tag that Harris would like to pin on librarianship.

Most "McLibrary-esque" sentence: "The only practical method is to begin by supplying books that people already want to read, and afterwards to do whatever shall be found possible to elevate tehrir reading tastes and habits" (Perkins, 420).

This reminded me of the Baltimore County library debate from later in the semester. I am on the elitist side of this argument, I guess. If you just feed people what they want all the time then they will never learn anything. People need unexpected, serendipitious experiences in order for them to grow into more complete human beings.

Second Most "McLibrary-esque" sentence: "If those who cannot make use of any better reading than novels and stories and jokes are not furnished with these, they will not read at all, and this is a worse alternative" (Perkins, 422).

I can also sympathize with this sentiment, however. Imagine how boring some people would be if they weren't even smart enough to express and have an understanding of what they really like...especially before the wider dissemination of information.

Sentence That Stands Most Starkly in Contrast with the Ditizion Article: "[I]t is vain to expect the solid and permanent success of such institutions without good business management" (Perkins, 419).

This is a little bit different than trying to keep crime off the street. Though business and humanitarian ideals do not necessarily have to be in conflict, the two ideals could not sound more separate than they do here.