The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.
解释：阻塞老百姓的嘴，好比阻塞河水。河流如果堵塞后一旦再决堤，伤人一定很多，人民也是这样。不可堵塞民众的言论，不给他们发表自己想法的机会。如这样去做，将比堵塞江河带来的后果更严重。
唯一真正的生活是精神的生活。
