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"Don't ever mark in a book!" Thousands of teachers, librarians and parents have so advised.But Mortimer Adler disagrees. He thinks so long as you own the book and needn't preserve its physical appearance, marking it properly will grant you the ownership of the book in the true sense of the word and make it a part of yourself.
"不要在書上做記號！"無數教師、圖書管理員和家長都曾這樣建議。但是莫蒂默·艾德勒并不同意。他認為只要你擁有這本書而且不需要保護它的外觀，做記號將會讓你真正意義上擁有這本書并且使它成為你的一部分。
How to Mark a Book
怎樣在書上做記號
Mortimer J. Adler
莫蒂默·J·艾德勒
You know you have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anything. I want topersuade you to do something equally important in the course of your reading. I want to persuade you to "write between the lines." Unless you do, you are not likely to do the mostefficient kind of reading.
你知道讀書要"深入字里行間"，以求最充分的理解。我勸你在讀書過程中做一件同樣重要的事情。我想勸你"在字里行間寫字"。不這樣做，你的讀書就不可能是最有效的。
You shouldn't mark up a book which isn't yours. Librarians (or your friends) who lend you books expect you to keep them clean, and you should. If you decide that I am right about the usefulness of marking books, you will have to buy them.
你不應該在不是你自己的書上做記號。借給你書的圖書管理員（或你的朋友）希望你保持書的整潔，再說你也應該這樣做。如果你認為我說的在書上做記號頗有益處這番話是對的話，你就得自己買書。
There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But this act of purchase is only the prelude to possession. Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it. Anillustration may make the point clear. You buy a beefsteak and transfer it from the butcher's icebox to your own. But you do not own the beefsteak in the most important sense untilyou consume it and get it into your bloodstream. I am arguing that books, too, must be absorbed in your bloodstream to do you any good.
一個人擁有書的方法有兩種，第一種是花錢取得財產所有權，就像你花錢買衣服和家具一樣。但花錢買書只是占有它的前奏。只有在你將它化為你自己的一部分之后，你才完全占有了它。而把你自己變為書的一部分的最好方法就是在書中寫字。打個比方也許可以把這一點說清楚。你買下一塊牛排，把它從肉鋪的冰箱里轉移到你的冰箱中。但從最重要的意義上來說，你還沒有占有它，除非你吃下它并將它吸收進你的血液之中。我的論點是，書的營養也只有在被吸收進你的血液中時，才能對你有所裨益。
