"We live today and know the origin of our earth, humans and all animals, we know how hot boiling water is and how long a yard is, our captains know how to measure latitude and longitude precisely, and yet we have neither charts nor With the compass that guides us through the vast ocean of literature, it is time to give our great language the same dignity and respect as other scientific standards... In order to bring every word to life, we must record it from its birth. Throughout the ages, words have zigzagged and moved forward in a roundabout way. Their meanings have gone through vicissitudes of life, constantly adding and subtracting subtle and subtle differences to themselves, but in the vast English literature, they have left ruts, and for every word, We must go back to the source. To do this, we will dig our teeth and read the books." Murray's passionate and poetic call for papers was seen by the mentally ill, American Miner. During the Civil War, as an army captain and surgeon, Miner was ordered to use a fiery red iron to brand deserters on the faces of deserters. hospital. He was a former Yale graduate, and he was full of poetry. "I can do this job." There are two contrasting scenes in the film: when the professor is being interviewed, the madman is jumping up and down from the bed, claiming that someone wants to kill him; There are madmen looking for, excerpting in books, and scraps of paper that hang on the walls and pile up on the floor; when the professor is stuck and stressed with some words, the madman's thousand words and their quotations in ancient books and classic literature. The result has already been sent. "It's an absolute miracle," Murray's assistant said in surprise. The meeting between the two had to wait until halfway through the movie. Murray never cared about Miner's identity. The two bearded men, whose hair was gradually graying, talked about books and words, and they hit it off right away. The two communicated. "You may not be able to imagine the power and timeliness of your aid," Murray said. "I've been in the dark for too long," Miner said. "Thank you for taking my torch, and we'll pass the light together until there's nothing left. dark."
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