成孝予[屏蔽]为庆祝青年读书协会成立撰文：


    读书协会约我为读书活动写几句话，我为此查阅了鲁迅的《读书杂谈》和培根的《论读书》。我觉得培根的《论读书》已经表达了我想说的大部分意思，而且我不可能比他讲得更好。故将王佐良先生翻译的《论读书》及培根的原文节选推荐给读书协会的同学，希望大家多读书，读好书。——成孝予


附：《Of Studies》
  Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.

译文：《论读书》 培根（节选）
  读书使人充实，讨论使人机智，笔记使人准确。因此不常作笔记者须记忆特强，不常讨论者须天生聪颖，不常读书者须欺世有术，始能无知而显有知。
  读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑修辞之学使人善辩：凡有所学，皆成性格。人之才智若有滞碍，无不可读适当之书使之顺畅，一如身体百病，皆可借相宜之运动除之。滚球利睾[屏蔽]，射箭利胸肺，慢步利肠胃，骑术利头脑，诸如此类。如智力不集中，可令读数学，盖演题须全神贯注，稍有分散即须重演；如不能辨异，可令读经院哲学，盖是辈皆吹毛求疵之人；如不善求同，不善以一物阐证另一物，可令读律师之案卷。如此头脑中凡有缺陷，皆有特药可医。

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