【正确答案】 1、正确答案：Books possess the essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human efforts. The universe can be damaged, temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author"s minds ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products: for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good. The great and good do not die from this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. The great and the good will be always remembered as time goes by.