,andthesheriffmaycomeandsellourfurniture,ordriveawayourcow,ortakeourpetlamb,andleaveushomelessandpenniless;buthecannotlaythelaw'shanduponthejewelryofourminds.
"Goodbooksandthewildwoodsaretwothingswithwhichmancanneverbecometoofamiliar," ."Thebooksthatinspireimagination,whetherintruthorfiction;thatelevatethethoughts,aretherightkindtoread."
CottonMather'sEssaytodoGoodreadbytheboyFranklininfluencedthelatter'.
Howmanypoorboysandgirlswhothoughttheyhad"nochance" inlifehavebeenstarteduponnoblecareersbythegrandbooksofSmiles,Todd,Mathews,Munger,Whipple,Geikie,Thayer,andothers.
Youshouldbringyourmindtothereadingofabook,ortothestudyofanysubject,asyoutakeanaxetothegrindstone;notforwhatyougetfromthestone,,"Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested;thatis,somebooksaretobereadonlyinparts;otherstoberead,butnotcuriously;andsomefewtobereadwholly,,conferenceareadyman,andwritinganexactman,andtherefore,ifamanwritelittle,hehadneedhaveagreatmemory;ifheconferlittle,hehadneedhaveapresentwit;andifhereadlittle,hehadneedhavemuchcunning,;poetswitty;themathematicssubtle;naturalphilosophydeep;moralsgrave;logicandrhetoricabletocontend."
“在受教育期间，”英国哲学家赫伯特·斯宾塞说，“要最大限度地鼓励自我发展的过程，指引孩子们自己去探索研究，并得出他们自己的结论。尽可能减少对他们的灌输，而要引导他们自己去发现。只需通过自我教育，人性便能不断进步；要想达到最佳效果，每个人的思想必须经历同样的方式。那些自力更生者所取得的突出成就，就不断证明了这一事实。”
英国诗人托马斯·胡德说：“书籍让我远离花天酒地、乌烟瘴气的场所。阅读蒲柏和艾迪森的书，我的思想经过莎士比亚和弥尔顿沉默演讲的洗礼，更加高尚，从而让我不再追寻或忍受粗俗、邪恶的行为。”
“如果我有一点钱，”荷兰哲学家伊拉斯谟说道，“我会去买书。如果还有多余的钱，我才会买食品和衣物。”
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