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1、HowtomarkabookYouknowyouhavetoread"betweenthelines"togetthemostoutofanything.Iwanttopersuadeyoutodosomethingequallyimportantinthecourseofyourreading.Iwanttopersuadeyouto"writebetweenthelines."Unlessyoudo,youarenotlikelytodothemostefficientkindofreading.Icontend,quitebluntly,thatmarkingupabookisnotan
2、actofmutilationbutlove.Youshouldn'tmarkupabookwhichisn'tyours.Librarians(oryourfriends)wholendyoubooksexpectyoutokeepthemclean,andyoushould.IfyoudecidethatIamrightabouttheusefulnessofmarkingbooks,youwillhavetobuythem.Mostoftheworld'sgreatbooksareavailabletoday,inreprinteditions,foramodestsum.Therear
3、etwowaysinwhichyoucanownabook.Thefirstisthepropertyrightyouestablishbypayingforit,justasyoupayforclothes,andfurniture.Butthisactofpurchaseisonlythepreludetopossession.Fullownershipcomesonlywhenyouhavemadeitapartofyourself,andthebestwaytomakeyourselfapartofitisbywritinginit.Anillustrationmaymakethepo
4、intclear.Youbuyabeefsteakandtransferitfromthebutcher'siceboxtoyourown.Butyoudonotownthebeefsteakinthemostimportantsenseuntilyouconsumeitandgetitintoyourbloodstream.Iamarguingthatbooks,too,mustbeabsorbedinyourbloodstreamtodoyouanygood.Confusionaboutwhatitmeanstoownabookleadspeopletoafalsereverencefor
5、paper,binding,andtype—arespectforthephysicalthing—thecraftoftheprinterratherthanthegeniusoftheauthor.Theyforgetthatitispossibleforamantoacquirethatidea,topossessthebeauty,whichagreatbookcontains,withoutstakinghisclaimbypastinghisbookplateinsidethecover.Havingafinelibrarydoesn'tprovethatitsownerhasam
6、indenrichedbybooks;itprovesnothingmorethanthathe,hisfather,orhiswife,wasrichenoughtobuythem.你知道读书必须要阅读,“字里行间的言外之意”,以求最充分的理解。我劝你在读书过程中做一件同等重要的事情;我劝你“在字里行间里写字”。不这样做,就达不到最有效的阅读效果。坦率地说,我认为,在书上涂抹标记不是一种损毁行为,而是爱。当然,你不应该在不属于你的书上做标记。借给你书的图书管理员(或者你的朋友)希望你保持书的整洁,你应该这样做。如果你认为我说的在书上做标记颇有益处这番话是对的,你就得自己买书。现在,绝大部分世
7、界上的好书都有再版,我们很容易买到,并且价格合理。一个人拥有书的方式有两种,第一种是花钱取得财产所有权,就像你花钱买衣服和家具一样。但是,这种购买行为仅是拥有书的前提。只有你将它化为自己的一部分后,你才完全占有了它;同时,把你自己融入书中的最好方法就是在书中写字。打个比方可能使这个观点更清楚。你买了一块牛排,把它从屠夫的冰箱里移到了你自己的(冰箱里)。但是,从最重要的意义上说,你并没有拥有这块牛排