丧,a helper to the helpless.They bring light into darkness,and sunshine into shadow.We may be poor,socially在社交方面 ostracized受排斥的,shut out from all personal association协会;联合;结交 with the great and the good,and yet be in the best society in the world,in books.The trend倾向,趋势 of many a life for good or ill,for ess or failure失败,has been determined by a single book.The books which we read early in life are those which influence影响,改变 us the most.The greatest advantage of books does not e from what we remember of them,but from their suggestiveness启发;建议;暗示.A good book often serves as a match to light the dormant睡眠状态的;静止的-powder within us.There is explosive爆炸的,爆发的 material enough in most of us if we can only reach it.A good book or a good friend often excites thought in great writers,even upon entirely
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