We have a report in Transactions of the Pickwick Club about what Mr Pickwick said to the meeting, and also a report of the discussion that happened afterward. Both Mr Pickwick's speech and the discussion afterward are almost the same as the ones at other famous meetings. Because it is always interesting to see if great men do things the same way, we have copied what was written in the club's report onto these pages.

The secretary has written: 'Mr Pickwick said that everybody would like to become famous. His friend Snodgrass wanted to become a famous poet; his friend Tupman wanted to be famous for his great romances; and his friend Winkle wanted to be famous for hunting deer and foxes, shooting birds, and catching fish. He (Mr Pickwick) had to admit that he too felt these strong emotions and feelings (his audience cheered when they heard this). Perhaps human weaknesses also changed the way that he thought about things, or what he did (there were loud cries of "No"). But he would say this, that if he ever felt that he was more important than he really was, then he quickly felt differently because he wanted to help people so much. Having people admire what he did was the most important thing for him, helping people was what he wanted to do. (More cheering.)