A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps. 【小题1】

【小题2】It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions.

There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” 【小题3】The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel through their favorite author.

【小题4】They bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did. 【小题5】 We feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.

The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which on still listens.