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(05)From good reading we can get pleasure,companionship,experience,and instruction.A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity.__1__It increases our contentment when we are cheerful,and lessens our troubles when we are sad.Whatever our main purpose in reading may be,our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction.
__2__Whether the characters are taken from real life or purely imaginary,they may become our companions and friends.In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times.The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances.__3__By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings.When human friends desert us,good books are always ready to give us friendship,sympathy,and encouragement.
__4__Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences,but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books.Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some faroff place,a book will help us when nothing else can.To travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no train or airplane to transport us; no passport to enter the land of our hearts' desire.Through books we may get the excitement of dangerous adventure without danger.We can climb noble mountains,brave the freeze of an Antarctic winter,or cross the extremely hot sands of the desert,all without hardship.In books we may visit the studios of Hollywood; we may mix with the cheerful crowds of the Paris roads; we may join the picturesque peasants in an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island._Indeed,through_books_the_whole_world_is_ours_for_the asking.
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