Formostofus，Ibelievethatwearequitefamiliarwiththequote"Knowledgeispower"。TrulythatthisfamoussayingisputforwardbyFrancisBacon，whohaswrittenalargeamountofgreatworks。Then，"OfStudy"isoneofhismasterpieces。

　　I‘vespentseveraldaystoreadthiswonderfulpieceofarticle。Eachtimeafterthereading，IwouldcertainlyshowmoreadmirationtoBacon。

　　Tobehonest，I‘dliketosayIamreallyratherconfusedwithinfinishingthefirstreading。Yetafterreadingitfortwice，thirdtimes。。。overandoveragain，I‘mmuchsurprisedtodiscoverit‘sbeautifulwords，specialstructuresandspecificcontents。Iwonderthateachwordhemayhaveweighedforthousandoftimesandtheyaredeepsinkingintomyheart。

　　Generallyspeaking，havingaroughlookatthewholetext，Baconmainlytalksabouttwothings：thebeneficialofstudyaswellasthetechniqueofstudy。

　　Attheeverybeginning，Baconsaid"Studiesservefordelight，forornamentandforability。"Thisshortsentenceclearlygivesouttheideasthatstudyissignificantandmeaningful。Asfordelight，wealwayssaytheredohaveit‘sownjoyinthebooks。Ienjoyreading，especiallyreadingataquietcorner。Ireadallsortsofbooks，whenIdevotemyselfintothevastseaofwords，Iamlostmyselfintoit。Itotallyforgetallthetroublesintherealworld。Thosesolookedplainwordsarousemyfeelingsandimagination。Thestrikeillustrationmayfindinreadingthepoetry，whileIappreciateapoem，itwouldbringmetothecountryyard，towestern，toancientages，tothefutureandtoalltheplacesmymindcanreach。Thatfeelingisreallycool。Forornamentandability，wecanjudgeweatheramanhasawidereadingornotbytheirspeechandbehavior。Areallyboard-readingmanalwaysappearstobegentleandknowledgeable。Theyaregreatlyrespectful。

　　Nooneisbornasaperfectman，"Fornaturalabilitieslikethenaturalplantsthatneedpruningbystudy。"Wewannabeawiseman，thenwemustlearn。Thestudymakesusaqualifiedpersonandmakeourlifeenjoyable。Itprovidesusvariousofknowledgesanditboardourhorizons。"Readingmakesafullman，conferenceareadyman，andwritinganexactman。"Forall，oneisnevertoooldtolearn。

　　Gorky。Maksimoncesaid"Readingistheladderofmakingprogress。"，itcanmakeamanfullofideas。Buthow？It‘sintheprocessofreading。Duringthereading，wesinkinothersviewsandthenthinkaboutit，finallyformourownperspectives。Thesamebookmaygivedifferentpeopledifferentinformations。However，aslongasoneisreadingandthinking，hewouldcertainlygainmuch。

　　Wemayalwayssaybookisadeadonewithoutputtinghuman‘smindintoit。Sodon‘tjustreadingforreading。"Readnottocontradictandconfute；nortobelieveandtakeforgranted；nortofindtalkanddiscourse；buttoweighandconsider。"Thatisthemainpointofreading。IthinkBaconnamedthetitle"OfStudy"whilenot"OfReading"isforthatreason。Thoughreading，nemuststudyit，learnitandgainfromit。Weknowthatpracticemakesperfect。Awisemannotonlystudyit，butalsouseitandtestit。

　　Whiletherehavesomanykindsofbooks，weshouldknowhowtoreadthem。AsBaconsaid"Somebooksaretobetasted，otherstobeswallowed，andsomefewtobechewedanddigested；thatis，somebooksaretobereadonlyinparts；otherstoberead，butnotcuriously；andsomefewtobereadwholly，andwithdiligenceandattention。Somebooksalsomaybereadbydeputy，andextractsmadeofthembyothers；butthatwouldbeonlyinthelessimportantarguments，andthemeanersortofbooks；elsedistilledbooksare，likecommondistilledwaters，flashythings。"Wemustfigureoutourpurposeofreading。

　　AccordingtoafamoustheoryfromaGermanphycologist，HermannEbbinghaus，thatwithtimegoingby，one‘smemorieswouldgraduallybeforgotten。Noonecanhaveapermanentmemories。Writingdownbyapenisalwaysbetterthanonlymemory。Takingnotesismuchimportant。

　　Asforme，thewholetextIenjoythefollowingsentencemost"Historiesmakemenwise；poetswitty；themathematicssubtile；naturalphilosophydeep；moralgrave；logicandrhetoricabletocontend。Abeuntstudiainmorse。"Thisisjustlikeaspecialreceiptcuresthecertaindiseases。Oneshouldhaveaclearawarenessofourownweakpoint。Andthen，choosetheaccordingbooktogetridofit。Studyitselfisaboringthing，butwhenweapplyourmingintoit，itwouldturnouttobeenjoyableandjoyful。

　　Onemanwithoutstudy，hemaylookslikeafool，especiallywhenheisinpublic。Becausehecannotpickoutatopicorgethimselfinvolvedintoothersconversation。Thusonemusthaveawidereading，musthaveageneralknowledgeaboutallkinds。

　　Afterreadingthisarticle，IrealizedthatwhatIknowisjustlikeadropinavastsea。Ijuststudyforexams，forhighermarksandforthesecertificates，butneverforamasterofnewknowledge。IdonothaveeverthinkaboutofwhatIreallylack。NowIwouldcertainlyreadmore，learnmoreandusemore。

　　IrememberthatthereisanoldChinesesaidreadsomethingforhundredtimesyouwouldunderstanditatlast。nevergettiredofstudy，itcanenhanceyourabilitiesinallfields。Thoughreading，ourknowledgegainlikeasnowball，itgetbiggerandbigger。

　　Allinall，readinghasmanybenefits。Itcollectinformation，boardhorizons，improveabilities，perfectpersonalitiesandenableusgoodfriendships。Weshouldhaveaclearknowingaboutwhat，whyandhowtostudy，mustlearnaboutthatit‘snevertoooldtolearn。