There are a few clips in there that I can't forget.
The first is a conversation between James Murray and his wife:
James Murray: "I'm sorry, Ada." Ada: "Why?" James Murray: "For this presumptuous interruption, for a broken home, for dragging you here." Ada: "Don't wonder , James, don't be nervous. I just need your commitment, and now that it's started, let's look at it and stick to it."
And when the editorial board members wanted to squeeze James Murray out of the editorial board, Ada visited the conference room alone, broke into the door, stood upright, and said loudly and forcefully that she affirmed her husband The words left the members of the editorial board present stunned.
It is exactly the sentence "behind every successful man there is a woman who gives silently". Ada has hardly complained, and has been silently supporting her husband's career or dreams, from spring and summer to autumn and winter, from mother to grandma. It is no exaggeration to say that without the sincere love and firm belief of Ada, the Oxford Dictionary of Music might have been published decades later.
The second is that James Murray, in order to compile a dictionary, did not hesitate to give up his lucrative career as a university teacher and came to a house that was much simpler than before. To collect the etymology and citations of each English word, an office was built next to the house, filled with books, manuscripts and replies from all over the world.
The third is WC Miner, who was in a mental hospital. After receiving a book sent by Muncy, he said: "I will be eager to read it, and I will cherish it forever". When Muncy stepped out of the ward, in response to someone asking WC Miner if he liked the book, he said, "That book? Well, I don't know. He unpacked it, opened it, and threw it out the window. He said yes. The demon on the page vaporized and got into his nostrils. He's plucking his nose hair now." I think WC Miner threw the book because he found a page in it - James Murray asked everyone to find the source of every English word they could think of. WC Miner clapped his hands and said that he needed ink, paper, pens, and woodworking to build a large bookshelf. After that, WC Minabian began to read and write like crazy, sending letter after letter to James Murray.
The fourth is that when Millett visits WC Miner, he always brings a book for him. When he learned that Millet was illiterate, WC Miner wanted to teach Millet to read, but Millett refused. At this time, WC Miner said: " Standing on the spine of the book, I leaped over the wall in front of me, borrowing the wings of words. , I have reached the top of the world. Only when I read, there is no follower, I am chasing, the footsteps of God. Please, I beg you, follow me in the quest .”
The fifth is that Millett put down his hatred for WC Mina's murderer, and even fell in love with WC Mina, and wrote a note to him, " If love, then what ?" WC Mina returned to the ward and opened the paper After the article, he said: "I killed him again", and then swung the knife from the palace. For the unreachable love, for the love that should be the true redemption of heart disease, WC Miner chose the escape of redemption. The condition deteriorated sharply after that.
The lines of this film are gorgeous and profound. Also like these two lines: "All great and beautiful things come from, and after a glimpse, are not discarded in the dark." "Sometimes when we push away, it is when we need to be resisted."
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