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>>>>TheDelightofBooks
Booksaretomankindwhatmemoryistotheindividual.Theycontainthehistoryofourrace,thediscoverieswehavemade,theaccumulatedknowledgeandexperienceofages;theypictureforusthemarvelsandbeautiesofnature,helpusinourdifficulties,comfortusinsorrowandinsuffering,changehoursofwearinessintomomentsofdelight,storeourmindswithideas,fillthemwithgoodandhappythoughts,andliftusoutofandaboveourselves.
Manyofthosewhohavehad,aswesay,allthatthisworldcangive,haveyettoldustheyowedmuchoftheirpuresthappinesstobooks.Macaulayhadwealthandfame,rankandpower,andyethetellsusinhisbiographythatheowedthehappiesthoursofhislifetobooks.Hesays:“Ifanyonewouldmakemethegreatestkingthateverlived,withpalacesandgardensandfinedinners,andwinesandcoaches,andbeautifulclothes,andhundredsofservants,onconditionthatIshouldnotreadbooks,Iwouldnotbeaking;Iwouldratherbeapoormaninagarretwithplentyofbooksthanakingwhodidnotlovereading.”
Preciousandpricelessaretheblessingswhichthebooksscatteraroundourdailypaths.Wewalk,inimagination,withthenoblestspirits,throughthemostsublimeandenchantingregions.Withoutstirringfromourfiresideswemayroamtothemostremoteregionsoftheearth,orsoarintorealmswhereSpenser’sshapesofunearthlybeautyflocktomeetus,whereMilton’sangelspealinourearsthechoralhymnsofParadise.Science,art,literature,philosophy,---allthatmanhasthough,allthatmanhasdone,----theexperiencethathasbeenboughtwiththesufferingsofahundredgenerations,---allaregarneredupforusintheworldofbooks.Booksaretomankindwhatmemoryistotheindividual.书籍之于人类犹如记忆之于个人。
Theycontainthehistoryofourrace,thediscoverieswehavemade,theaccumulatedknowledgeandexperienceofages;
它们记载了我们人类的历史和迄今的发现,还有各个时代积累下来的知识和经验。
theypictureforusthemarvelsandbeautiesofnature,helpusinourdifficulties,comfortusinsorrowandinsuffering,changehoursofwearinessintomomentsofdelight,storeourmindswithideas,fillthemwithfoodandhappythoughts,andliftusoutofandaboveourselves.
它们向我们描述出自然界的奇妙和美丽。但我们身处困境时,它们给我们帮助;当我们受难哀伤时,它们给我们以慰藉;当我们困倦疲倦时,它们让我们快乐起来。书籍还能充实我们的头脑,使其充满美好,快乐的思想,帮助我们走出和超越自我。
Manyofthosewhohavehad,aswesay,allthatthisworldcangive,haveyettoldustheyowedmuchoftheirpuresthappinesstobooks.
恰如常人所言,许多人的人生已了无遗憾;然而他们却告诉我们,他们真正的快乐主要来自书籍。
Macaulayhadwealthandfame,rankandpower,andyethetellsusinhisbiographythatheowedthehappiesthoursofhislifetobooks.
麦考利享有财富、名声、地位和权利,而他在自传中却告诉我们,他一生中最幸福的时刻是从书本中获得的。
Hesays,"Ifanyonewouldmakemethegreatestkingthateverlived,withpalacesandgardensandfinedinners,andwinesandcoaches,andbeautifulclothes,andhundredsofservants,onconditionthatIshouldnotreadbooks,Iwouldnotbeaking;Iwouldratherbeapoormaninagarretwithplentyofbooksthanakingwhodidnotlovereading."
>>>>如果有人以不读书为条件,使我成为有史以来最伟大的国王,拥有众多的宫殿、花园,享用佳肴、美酒,乘豪华的马车,着华丽的服饰,还有成百上千的仆人供我驱使,我也还是会拒绝。我宁愿做一个住在一间堆满书的阁楼里的穷人,也不愿做一个不爱读书的国王。"Preciousandpricelessaretheblessingswhichthebooksscatteraroundourdailypaths.书籍给我们日常生活轨迹中播种的快乐是珍贵无价的。
Wewalkinimaginationwiththenoblestspiritsthroughthemostsublimeandenchantingregions.我们能够在想象中与最高贵的人们同行,走过极乐的仙境。
Withoutstirringfromourfiresideswemayroamtothemostremoteregionsoftheearth,orsoarintorealmswhereSpenser'sshapesofunearthlybeautyflocktomeetus,whereMilton'sangelspealinourearsthechoralhymnsofParadise.
足不出户,坐在炉火边,我们就能倘佯在地球上最遥远的地方,或者翱翔在斯宾塞和弥尔顿的王国;在那儿,斯宾塞妙笔下超凡脱俗的仙女蜂拥而至,迎接我们的到来;在那儿,弥尔顿描摹的天使在我们的耳边大声地合唱着天堂赞歌。
Science,art,literature,philosophy,--allthatmanhasthought,allthatmanhasdone,--theexperiencethathasbeenboughtwiththesufferingsofahundredgenerations,--allaregarneredupforusintheworldofbooks.
科学、艺术、文学和哲学--人类所有的思想、所有的历史遗迹、一代又一代人用痛苦所换取的经验的结晶--所有这一切蕴藏于书籍之中。
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