Page:Speeches and addresses by the late Thomas E Ellis M P.pdf/58

 and, I believe, something substantial, to make it possible for those who build houses in Wales, those who own them, and those who work upon them, whether carpenters, or joiners, or blacksmiths, or furniture makers, to put thought, and heart, and brain into the construction of these things of everyday life and of those homes and surroundings and furniture, which imperceptibly have a very great influence upon the old and young, who are trained and who live in their midst.

Having referred to one of my subjects,— the home,—I will now proceed to say something of our regard and care for books in Wales. Whatever may be our possessions or our want of possessions, our opportunities and institutions or our lack of them, this at any rate is true, that there is in Wales a respect for and a love for books, and that our countrymen probably draw as much joy and comfort and strength from books as the common people of any country. Some people,—I think quite a number of people,— believe that any paper, or any type, or any cover is good enough for a book, they say that