关于读书    读书是每一个人终身要做的事情，John Ruskin（罗斯金）在其Sesame and Lilies（芝麻与百合）的序中曾说道： Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.生命是短暂的，宁静的时刻尤少；我们应当阅读珍奇的书籍而不蹉跎时光。 Thomas Carlyle（托马斯·卡莱尔）曾提到：In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.书中蕴藏着整个过去时代的灵魂，昔日清晰可闻之声，而彼时的形体和物质如梦境一般，早已荡然无存。 Francis Bacon（弗朗西斯·培根）在其Of Studies一文中讲道：Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some book also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others. 有些书可供浅尝，有些可以吞食，少数则须咀嚼消化。换言之，有些书只须读上部分，有些只须大体浏览，少数则须全读，读时须全神贯注，孜孜不倦。书也可请人去读，事后取其读书摘要。 愿我们每天都能与书相伴。