Man cannot live
alone. He needs friends. Something he loves must. Therefore, he likes to live
in the company of men or in the company of animals. There are some who love the
company of Nature. There are also those who loved the company of books.
Books plays an
important role in in our life. It is said that books are our best companions. Books
are our friends in a real sense.
They demand nothing from us. They give us plenty of joy. We also learn a lot
from them. They take us into a different world of imagination.
The company of books gives the pleasure of company of man and
Nature too. So in short a book is the map of man’s life and the life in nature.
Every page of a great book is a store-house of man’s best and noblest thoughts.
In a library you meet all these mighty minds of the whole world.
But all books are not
innocent. There is a flood of books today. A flood is always
a bad thing. Even a flood of tears is bad. How can a flood of books be good,
then? You must be careful of this. Don’t be carried away by this flood. It is
good to live in the company of bad books. But it is bad to fall in the company
of bad books. Through the influence of bad books you can pick up bad habits
without your knowing it. Therefore, you must select your companions with great
care. You must make a choice wisely.
But even the very best of
books cannot give you everything. The company of books can give you knowledge
but it cannot give you wisdom. No book can make you a great scientist. Newton
was not born in a library. He did not read much. He lives in the company of
plants and flowers. So, a library cannot make you a great poet or thinker. Even
the books of your choice may make you only a bookworm. You get only second-hand
information. You cannot be truly great unless you see with your own eyes and
hear with your own ears. Therefore, you must come out of the world of books
from time to time and live in the company of man and nature. The life of man
and the life of Nature must be mixed up with the company of books. A divorce
between book and life is full of dangers. So, read not only books but also the
great Book of Life and Nature.
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