What was then said and thought till speaks to us as vividly as ever form the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.

• 书籍记载了他们的言论和思想，现在看来依旧生动。时间惟一的作用是淘汰垃圾作品，只有真正的作品才能受时间的检验而历久长存。