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书为友苏格兰作家(1812-1904)Companionship of Books by (B)Samuel Smiles(趣味英语)

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书为友苏格兰作家(1812-1904)Companionship of Books by (B)Samuel Smiles(趣味英语) 观其友而知其人,同样,察其所读之书亦能知其人,只因书与人一样,也能做'...

书为友苏格兰作家(1812-1904)Companionship of Books by (B)Samuel Smiles(趣味英语)


观其友而知其人,同样,察其所读之书亦能知其人,只因书与人一样,也能做人之友。而人总应择其最佳者为友,无论是书还是人。
一本好书可以成为人的挚友,古往今来,恒久不变。所有朋友中,书本最为耐心而又令人愉悦。我们身处逆境灰心沮丧时,书本并不变脸抛弃我们,始终如一,友爱接纳。我们年轻时,书本给我们以欢娱和陶冶;我们老迈时,又予我们以慰藉和鼓励。
人们常常因同爱一本书而精神共鸣———正如两个人有时因共同仰慕另外一人而彼此成为朋友。古谚云:“爱屋及乌”,而“爱其人,也爱其珍爱之书”这句话里却含有更多的哲理。书是更忠诚更高尚的情感纽带。人们可以通过共同喜爱的作者而相知相契,息息相通。他们的思想与作者的思想水乳交融,密不可分。
黑兹利特曾说:“书香轻拂沁心灵,诗行轻滑渗血液。青春时所读之书,垂暮时依然会回想,仿佛就在身边发生。书籍价廉物美,我们就在书香中呼吸。”
一本好书往往就是作者的人生结晶,里面蕴藏着他穷其一生的求索成果。因为人一生的世界大多就是其思想的世界,故而最优秀的书籍也就是至理名言和辉煌思想的富藏。这些思想若能铭记在心,就成为我们永久的朋友和永恒的慰藉。菲利普·悉尼爵士说过:“与高尚思想为伴的人永不寂寞。”
在我们受诱惑时,美好纯真的思想如同仁慈的天使,净化卫护着我们的灵魂,并蕴含着我们行动的萌芽,因为美好的思想总能激励我们美好的行为。
书籍永生,是人类劳作最最长久的成果。庙宇会坍塌,雕像会朽败,书籍却经久长存。伟大的思想不会因时间的流逝而失其光辉,一如千百年前最初在作者脑海中出现时那样清新。往昔的论述和思想今天依然在书页上鲜明有力地展现在我们面前。时间的唯一作用就是淘汰低劣之作,只有真正优秀的作品才能与世长存,流芳千古。
书籍把我们带入最优秀的人群之中,把我们带到人间一切最伟大的思想家面前,我们聆听其话语,领会其成就,仿佛他们依然活在人间。我们与他们灵犀相通,悲喜与共,他们的人生体验变成我们自己的人生体验。我们仿佛感觉到,我们是在作者描绘的人生舞台上,与他们同台演出。
伟大和美好的思想在这个世界上永不会消亡。载之于书籍,这思想传诸四海,而书籍就是活着的声音,是我们至今仍在倾听的真知灼见,因而我们永远沐浴在逝去伟人的思想中。与千百年前一样,人世间无与伦比的智慧如今依然熠熠生辉。(操风琴译)
A man ma y usuall y be known b y the books he reads as well as b y the com p an y he kee p s;for there is a com-p anionshi p of books as well as of men;and one should alwa y s live in the best com p an y,whether it be of books or of men.
A g ood book ma y be amon g the best of friends.It is the same toda y that alwa y s was,and it will never chan g e.It is the most p atient and cheerful of com p anions. It does not turn its back u p on us in times of adversit y or distress.It alwa y s receives us with the same kindness;amusin g and instructin g us in y outh,and comfortin g and consoling us in a g e.
Men often discover their affinit y to each other b y the love the y have each for a book———j ust as two p ersons sometimes discover a friend b y the admiration which both have for a third.There is an old p roverb:“love me ,love m y do g.”but there is more wisdom in this:“love me ,love m y book.”The book is a truer and hi g her bond of union.Men can think,feel,and s y m p athize with each other throu g h their favorite author.The y live in him to g ether,and he in them.
“Books,”said Hazlitt,“wind into the heart;the p oet's verse slides in the current of our blood.We read them when y oun g,we remember them when old.We feel that it has ha pp ened to ourselves.The y are to be had ver y chea p and g ood.We breathe but the air of books.”
A g ood book is often the best urn of a life,enshrining the best that life could think out;for the world of a man's life is,for the most p art,but the world of his thou g hts.Thus the best books are treasuries of g ood words,the g olden thou g hts,which,remembered and cherished,become our constant com p anions and comforters.“The y are never alone,”said Sir Phili p Sidne y,“that are accom p anied b y noble thou g hts.”
The g ood and true thou g ht ma y in times of tem p tat-ion be as an an g el of merc y p urif y in g and g uardin g the soul.It also enshrines the g erms of action,for g ood words almost alwa y s ins p ire to g ood works.
Books p ossess an essence of immortalit y.The y are b y far the most lastin g p roducts of human effort.Tem p les and statues deca y,but books survive.Time is of no account with g reat thou g hts,which are as fresh toda y as when the y first p assed throu g h their author's minds a g es ago.W hat was then said and thou g ht still s p eaks to us as vividl y as ever from the p rinted p a g e.The onl y ef-fect of time has been to sift out the bad p roducts;for nothin g in literature can lon g survive but what is reall y g ood.
Books introduce us into the best societ y;the y brin g us into the p resence of the g reatest minds that have ever lived.We hear what the y said and did;we see them as if the y were reall y alive;we s y m p athize with them,en j o y with them,g rieve with them;their ex p erience becomes ours,and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which the y describe.
The g reat and g ood do not die ever in this world.Embalmed in books,their s p irits walk abroad.The book is a livin g voice.It is an intellect to which one still listens.Hence we ever re-main under the influence of the g reat men of old.The im p erial intellects of the world are as much alive now as the y were a g es a g o.

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