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What is your
understanding of the word
“
p
ower
”
? Does it mean that a
rich person can fulfill his own
pursuits by doing anything he would like
to do? Or does it mean that an official
with great authority can decide to
other
’
s lives?
Obviously, the answer is
“
no
”
.
So what is the true power?
Frankly,
power
mainly
lies in two
ways:
strength
and
spirit.
When
it
come
to
the
spirit
power,
there
is
no
doubt
that
“
knowledge
is
the
true
power
”
,
which
is
the
most
famous
proverb
invented
by
Francis
Bacon,
the
outstanding
essayist
in
17
th
British.
I
claim
that
most
of
us
are
influenced
by Bacon
’
s thought deeply,
today I will interpret the proverb
“
knowledge
is
power
”
from
the
following
aspects:
the
importance
of
knowledge, the utility of knowledge,
the malpractice of the knowledge.
As is known to
all of us, the whole world is surrounded by all
kinds of
knowledge, and we use those
knowledge to invent many necessaries, for
instance,
electronic
light,
telephone,
computer
and
other
electronic
equipment. All of them are on the basis
of knowledge. Suppose there is
no
knowledge at all in the world, can you imagine
what will our world be
like? In fact, I
dare not imagine world
’
s
future, but it must be a disaster if
the assumption comes into effect. But
how do we get knowledge? It has
two
ways: reading and practice.
In
the
essay
Of
Studies,
it
says
that
Studies
serve
for
delight,
for
ornament, and for ability, and
histories make men wise; poets, witty; the
mathematics,
subtle;
natural
philosophy,
deep,
moral,
grave;
logic
and
rhetoric,
able
to
contend.
And
books
are
used
to
inherit
knowledge,
accumulate
culture
and
make
a
connection
between
the
old
and
new
knowledge. Just as Bacon said,
“
books are the ship of the
thought sailing
in
the
age,
and
it
coaxes
the
precious
goods
from
generation
to
generation
”
.
It’s
so
obvious
that
reading
plays
an
important
role
in
our
daily
life.
Meanwhile,
our
knowledge
and
our
mind
become
fertile
through
reading
in
some
ways.
This
lets
me
accidentally
think
of
our
prime
minister
wen’s
first
interac
tion
with
internet
users.
In
the
end
he
said,
“
not only did reading give
us power, but also it gave us a sense of
security and happiness. I wished to see
everyone holding a book inside
subway
one
day
”
.
As
I
first
saw
these
sentences,
I
was
shocked
and
moved. As a rule, we say that reading
offers us knowledge and power, but
now
it can furnish security and happiness with us.
How important it is!
Based
on
these,
reading
contributes
to
the
accumulation
of
knowledge.
Besides,
the
other
method
to
get
knowledge
is
to
practice.
In
fact,
all
theories
learned
from
books
are
applied
to
practice.
And
we
can
know
shortcomings through practice. By this
way can we improve and enrich us
to
a
higher
level.
As
the
proverb
”
Apart
from
knowledge
and
learning,
there
is
no
any
other
strength
that
can
survive
in
people's
thinking,
imagination, ideas
and beliefs and
establish rule and
authority.”
Above all,
knowledge is crucial, and we should try
our best to get it.
Knowledge is power,
which is also the first driving force to change
the
fate
of
the
individual
completely.
As
Napoleon
once
said,
“the
real
conquer
is
the
conquest
of
the
ignorance”.
After
conquering
ignorance
and
acquiring
knowledge,
Napoleon
made
France
revitalized,
with
his
own success interpreting
what he called. Yes, conquering ignorance is to
acquire knowledge, and we can dominate
our fate with knowledge. Have
you ever
heard the proverb” lagging behind will be beaten”
before? Yeah,
it makes me think of our
old China. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces
invaded China, we just compromised and
were forced to sign a series of
unequal
treaties,
which
made
Chinese
be
in
deep
waters.
As
Turgenev
said,
“knowled
ge more than anything else
can give people freedom”. At
all times, knowledge is the brightest
pearl standing in the world sturdily.
With the age ship tumbling into the
21st century, people shout loudly: the
explosion age of knowledge is coming.
To be honest, in the economy era,
anyone who has knowledge and talent can
seize his fate by the throat. On
the
contrary,
anyone
who
doesn't
own
knowledge
will
be
replaced
by
others. In a word, knowledge can change
people's destiny.
There is one
proverb”
water can make ship
flow and it also can make it
overturn
”
. Just
as one coin has two sides, knowledge also has pros
and
cons.
In
fact
knowledge
does
great
harm
to
our
daily
life
and
even
threatens our lives in some ways when
we enjoy our lives accompanied
by
knowledge.
Especially
nowadays,
more
and
more
people
violate
the