What tone does the author use in the passage when discussing the board of gentlemen?

answer: hawkeye or antman (ik hes not really an avenger, but it's okk)

explanation: cause they the best

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.