单项选择题

Text … The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their (8) . A good book often (9) as a match to (10) the dormant-powder within us. There is explosive material (11) in most of us if we can only reach it. A good book or a good friend often excites (12) in great writers, even (13) entirely different subjects. We often find in books (14) we thought and felt, could we not have expressed ourselves. Indeed, we get (15) with ourselves in books. We (16) one feature in Emerson, another lineament in Shakespeare, an expression in Homer, a glimpse of ourselves in Dante, and so on (17) we spell out our whole (18) . True, we get many pleasing (19) of ourselves from fiends, many mirrored deformities from our enemies, and a characteristic here and there from the world; but in calm and (20) way we find the most of ourselves, our strength, our weakness, our limitations, our opinions, our tastes, our harmonies and (21) , our poetic and (22) qualifies, in books. We (23) many of our opinions from our favorite books. The author (24) we prefer is our most potent teacher; we look at the world through his eyes. If we (25) read books that are elevating in tone, pure in style, sound in reasoning, and (26) in insight, our minds develop the same characteristics. The best books are those which stir us up most and make us the most (27) to do something and be something ourselves. …