The tremendous amount of time spent on newspapers I regard as not reading at all,for the average readers of papers are mainly concerned with getting reports about events and happenings without contemplative value.

• 我认为，人们花费大量的时间去阅读报纸，并不是读书，因为一般阅报者大抵只注意到事件发生或经过的情形的报告，完全没有沉思默想的价值。