Science, art, literature, philosophy, —all that man has thought, all that man has done, —the experience that has been bought with the sufferings of a hundred generations, —all are garnered up for us in the world of books.

科学、艺术、文学、哲学， ——人类所想的一切，人类所做的一切——用一百代人的苦难换来的经验——都为我们积攒在书的世界里。