Companionship of Books

　以書(shū)為伴(節(jié)選)

　　A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps;　for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in　the best company, whether it be of books or of men.

　　A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was,　and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not　turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same　kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.　Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just　as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a　third. There is an old proverb, ?Love me, love my dog.

　　But there is more wisdom in this:　Love me, love my book. The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him　together, and he in them.

　　A good 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 part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best　books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and　cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.　Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of　human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with　great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author‘s　minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever　from the printed page. The only effect of time have been to sift out the bad products; for　nothing in literature can long survive e but what is really good.

　　Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest　minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see the as if they were　really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their　experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in　the scenes which they describe.　The great and good do not die, even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk　abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which on still listens.

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