Read not to contradict , and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weight and consider .
读书不可存心诘难读者，也不可尽信书上所言，亦不可只为寻章摘句，而应推敲细思。
Francis bacon : read not to contradict and confute , not to believe and take for granted , nor to find talk and discourse , let to weigh and consider .
培根：读书时不可存心诘难作者，不可尽信书中之言，亦不可段章取义，而应推敲细思。
If these epistles were written against people who challenged the authority of bishops and priests about ad 100 , why is it that these opponents did not cry out against forgeries written to confute themselves ?
