Knowledge Is Power
Recently there has been a discussion regarding the issue of knowl-
edge in the newspaper. As can be seen from the picture, knowledge is
symbolized by a clenched fist as power. The fist sends out a message
for "obedience", threatening to crack with power any hard nut. The
more demanding and challenging a task is, the more powerful the fist
seems to grow. Similarly, knowledge, the strongest power for human
beings, feeds up the field of science and technology. The more ad-
vanced and developed a field is, the more profound knowledge seems to
become.
A specific example is the dunaping of Mir, Russia's space station. As is
the case of the Russian space program, the country could no longer afford to
keep Mir aloft in orbit because of lack Of financial support. Therefore, Rus-
sia decided to dump the space station. The effect is both immediate and far
-reaching. As far as the present is concerned, the successful launching and
dumping of IVrLr has proved to the world that mankind, armed with pro-
fca. md knowledge, cannot just build things but can operate them welt. For
the distant impact, the once- in- a- lifetime success of/VFtr provides man
with valuable and indispensable experience for manned space flight in the
years to crane. Then, someday in the furore, them might appear in space
more Mirs, visiting Mars, spreading friendship, parading the perfect maste-
ry of knowledge.
As to the best way to master knowledge, I suggest that everyone
of us "ask not what others will learn from you, but what you can learn
from the others." By so doing, I sincerely believe each person, pro-
tected by' the "fist", will be learned and knowledgeable.