Trust American genius for self-control.

Remember the deference for the rights of others with which you and your fellows conduct yourselves in your own homes, at public tables, at general gatherings.

Give the people at least such liberty with their own collection of books as the bookseller gives them with his.

Let the shelves be open, and the public admitted to them, and let the open shelves strike the keynote of the whole administration.

The whole library should be permeated with a cheerful and accommodating atmosphere.