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Joule seeks knowledge - loves to learn

The famous British scientist Joule loved physics since he was a child. He often did some experiments on electricity and heat by himself.

One year during the holidays, Joule and his brother traveled to the countryside together. The smart and studious Joule did not forget to do his physics experiments even when he was playing.

He found a lame horse, held by his brother, and quietly hid behind it. He used a Voda battery to pass current to the horse, hoping to test the animal's reaction after being stimulated by the current. reaction. As a result, the reaction he wanted to see appeared. After receiving the electric shock, the horse jumped wildly and almost kicked his brother.

Although danger has emerged, this has not affected the mood of Xiao Joule, who loves to experiment, at all. He and Giulia rowed a boat to a lake surrounded by mountains, where Joule wanted to test how big the echo was. They filled their muskets with gunpowder and pulled the triggers. Unexpectedly, with a "bang", a long flame spurted out from the muzzle of the gun, burning Joule's eyebrows, and almost scared his brother into falling into the lake.

At this time, the sky was covered with thick clouds and there was lightning and thunder. Joule, who was just about to go ashore to hide from the rain, found that it took a long time after each lightning to hear the rumble of thunder. What was going on?

Joule didn’t care about hiding from the rain, so he dragged his brother up a hill and carefully recorded the time between lightning and thunder with his pocket watch.

After school started, Joule couldn’t wait to tell the teacher all the experiments he had done and asked the teacher for advice.

The teacher looked at the studious and inquiring Joule and smiled, and patiently explained to him: "The propagation speeds of light and sound are different. The speed of light is fast and the speed of sound is slow, so people always want to see lightning before hearing it. The thunder and lightning actually happened at the same time."

Joule suddenly understood. From then on, he became more obsessed with learning scientific knowledge. Through continuous learning and careful observation and calculation, he finally discovered the thermal work equivalent and the law of conservation of energy, and became an outstanding scientist.

The Vanity of the Powerful

The famous Italian sculptor Michelangelo once carved a stone statue in Florence. Because the statue was huge in size, it would be placed in a prominent position in the city. , Michelangelo tried his best in conception and technique. After nearly two years of creation, Michelangelo finally completed the work. When he saw this work that condensed all his skills, he felt proud of himself. During the preview of the work, the streets of Florence were packed with people who were amazed by his creations. Finally, even the mayor of Florence came to visit. Many dignitaries gathered in front of the statue and whispered, waiting for the mayor to express his opinion. The mayor glanced arrogantly at the statue and asked: "Is the author here?" Michelangelo was invited to the mayor. The mayor said: "Stone carver, I think the nose of this stone statue is a bit low, which affects the artistic atmosphere of the entire statue." After hearing this, Michelangelo said: "Dear mayor, I will add it as you request. The nose of the stone statue." After saying that, Michelangelo asked his assistant to take out the tools and use the stone powder to process the nose of the stone statue. Michelangelo rubbed stone powder on the statue's nose. After wiping for a while, he came to the mayor and said: "Dear mayor, I have raised the nose of the stone statue as you requested. Do you think it is OK now?" The mayor looked at it and nodded and said: "The statue Stonemason, you are much better now. This is the perfect art.

" After the mayor left, Michelangelo's assistant was puzzled and asked: "You just rubbed it on the nose of the stone statue. Three handfuls of stone powder, the stone statue's nose has not been raised at all?" Michelangelo said: "But the mayor thinks it is too high.

" It is said that the stone statue still stands on the streets of Florence. I know that. Anyone who respects the origin of stone statues knows this proverb: "The vanity of the powerful is the three handfuls of stone powder on the nose of the stone statue."

(Excerpted from the 4th issue of "Zhiyin" overseas edition, author Liusha)

A witty phrase will lead to a successful job search

In 2003, Forsberg, the father of chocolate, issued a recruitment advertisement when his company was allowed to enter the Chinese market. The announcement is very simple and reads like this: Please use the most concise sentence to answer what the following four celebrities are talking about.

1. On April 2, 1954, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Federal University of Technology in Zurich, Einstein was invited to return to his alma mater to give a speech. Einstein said the following words in his speech: "I studied at the secondary level, and according to the According to the school’s standards, I was not a good student, but I later discovered that if you can forget what you learned in school, the rest is education.”

2. June 2, 1984, Nobel Prize in Physics. Science laureate Ding Zhaozhong returned to his alma mater, Tsinghua University, to give a speech. When accepting questions from classmates, he said: "As far as I know, among the more than 90 Nobel Prize physicists, there is no one who often ranks first in school and often comes last in the exam. There are a few people who come first.”

3. On March 27, 1999, Bill Gates was invited back to his alma mater Harvard University to participate in a fund-raising event. When a reporter asked him if he was willing to continue studying and get a degree from Harvard University. When receiving his graduation certificate, he smiled at reporters and did not answer.

4. On May 21, 2001, US President Bush returned to his alma mater, Yale University, to receive an honorary doctorate in law. Because his academic performance was mediocre at that time, when asked about his current feelings, he said: "To those graduates who have achieved excellent results, I say 'well done', and to those graduates with poor results, I say 'you' You can become president."

More than 400 outstanding Chinese college students applied. On March 10, 2003, his branch opened in Beijing, and only one student was notified to attend their opening ceremony. The student’s answer was this: “There are high and low scores in school, but not outside the school. Outside the school gate, everything in the school gate is always disrupted and reorganized.

That’s your oil field

Paul Getty, the oil tycoon who was once the richest man in the United States, did not have a wealthy family when he was young. He only had a dry field with a poor harvest.

Later, when he was digging a well in the field. , some thick black oil emerged from the fields. So the water wells turned into oil wells, and the dry fields turned into oil fields. Paul Getty saw the way to get rich.

Paul Getty ran his business very carefully and visited various oil fields when he had nothing to do. However, every time he found someone wasting raw materials and people wandering around, he called in the foreman and asked them to eliminate the waste and clean it up. Idle people. However, the next time he went there, everything was still the same. Paul couldn't understand why I could see the waste and idle people when I went there, but the foremen were here every day and turned a blind eye. Later, a manager The scientist woke Paul up with one sentence, and he said: "That's your oil field.

" Paul immediately summoned the foremen and announced to them: "From today on, you will be responsible for operating the oil field, and 25% of the benefits will be at your sole discretion. "From then on, when Paul inspected the oil fields again, he found that not only had waste disappeared, idlers had disappeared, but production had increased significantly.

(Excerpted from "Yangcheng Evening News" on February 28)

Napoleon Shooting a soldier who fell into the water

Napoleon once rode through a forest and saw a soldier who could not swim fall into the water and drift towards the depths. The soldiers on the shore panicked because they No one can swim.

Napoleon asked: "Can he swim?" He replied: "Only a few strokes, not now."

" Napoleon casually took a pistol from the soldier's hand and shouted to the drowning man: "Swim back quickly, or I will shoot. "As he said this, he really fired two shots into the water.

Hearing this, the man who fell into the water suddenly turned his head, rowed desperately, and quickly reached the shore. He was puzzled. Asked Napoleon: "Your Majesty, I was scared to death, why did you still shoot me?" Napoleon smiled: "Idiot, if I don't scare you, you will really drown. Who of these people can do it?" How about saving you? After being frightened like this, didn’t you turn around and save yourself?”

(Excerpted from Issue 4 of "Civilization Guide")

Hippocrates The Oath

Yan Chengzhang

In the fight against SARS, the media once mentioned the "Hippocratic Oath" when reporting on the deeds of outstanding medical workers. Who was he and what did his "oath" say?

Hippocrates was an ancient Greek doctor who lived from about 460 BC to 377 BC. According to historical records, not all of "The End of the Oath" was written by Heesse.

Hispanic has always been recognized by the West as the "Father of Western Medicine", and his "oath" has always been the code of medical ethics. The "Oath" recorded in the "Dictionary of Western Culture" is as follows: "...I am willing to use the remaining ability and judgment to abide by the creed of seeking benefits for patients, and to discipline all depraved and harmful behaviors. , I shall not give dangerous drugs to others, nor shall I give any guidance in this regard, and I shall not perform abortions on women even if they are requested. I am willing to carry out my duties in a pure and sacred spirit throughout my life. I will not perform surgery on those suffering from stones. This will be done by experts. No matter where I meet men or women, nobles or slaves, my only purpose is to seek happiness for the patients, and to take care of myself and not to do anything. Harmful and bad behavior, especially seduction. Whatever I see or hear, whether it is related to business or not, I think should be kept secret. If I strictly abide by the above oath, I will ask God to let me live. It is an honor to be able to practice medicine. If I break my oath, the gods and ghosts will do it."

(Excerpted from "Yangcheng Evening News" on June 9, 2003)

Mofen.

Quicksand

In the 19th century, there was Emperor Wilhelm I in Germany. He built a large and luxuriously decorated palace on the outskirts of Potsdam. By chance, he discovered that a mill not far from the palace was very unsightly, blocking the scenery in front of him. William I asked the Minister of the Interior to find out who owned the mill, and then gave the miller some money to demolish it. The Minister of the Interior went to the miller and told him who he was and what he wanted. But the miller said: "That is the property passed down from the ancestors, and I want to pass it on from generation to generation."

William I became angry and sent his own palace guards to demolish the house by force. When the house was demolished, the miller said to the guards: "Of course the emperor is powerful, but there are still courts in Germany. I will take this unfair matter to the court to resolve it." Soon, the court made a judgment and the emperor lost the case. , and must be "restored to the status quo ante". As a result, William I had to send people to rebuild the demolished mill.

Decades later, William I died, and the miller also died. Due to financial constraints, the miller's son was preparing to sell the mill to William II who came to the throne. He believed that the royal family must have considered this to be the best of both worlds. But William II gave 6,000 marks to the miller's son and wrote a letter in his own handwriting, telling him that this mill is a memorial to the judicial independence and fair judgment of the German country, and is also the glory of your family. He requested that this mill be preserved from generation to generation. Pass it on.

The old mill in Potsdam is still there, and there are many tourists every year. Especially some college students who graduated from the law major, they regard observing the mill as a necessary procedure for their career.

(Excerpted from "Morning News" on July 3, 2003)

A letter from Einstein to mankind five thousand years later

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In 1938, US President Roosevelt personally called Einstein and asked him to write a letter to convey "the thoughts and feelings of our time to people 5,000 years from now." Einstein wrote. The letter was placed in a strong container and buried deep under the New York World's Fair. A stone tablet was erected on it, indicating that future generations would not be able to take it out until 6939. The letter reads:

Our era has produced many geniuses whose inventions can make our lives much more comfortable. We have already used mechanical power to cross the ocean, and using mechanical power can finally liberate humans from all kinds of hard physical labor. We have learned to fly, and we use electromagnetic waves to easily communicate information from one corner of the earth to another.

However, the production and distribution of goods is completely unorganized. Everyone lives in the shadow of fear of losing their job and suffering miserable poverty. Moreover, people living in different countries often kill each other. For these reasons, all people have to think about the future with fear and extreme pain.

I believe that future generations will read this letter with a sense of pride and a legitimate sense of superiority.

(Excerpted from "*** Ming" Issue 3, 2003)

The road is straight and the heart is straight

The people

In a temple There was a young monk. Every morning, he had to carry water and sweep. After doing morning service, he would go to a market far behind the temple to buy daily necessities for the temple. I also read the Bible late at night.

One day, he discovered that although other young monks were occasionally assigned to go down the mountain for shopping, they went to the towns in front of the mountain, and the roads were flat and the distances were short. So, the young monk asked the abbot: "Why are others more comfortable than me? No one forces them to work and read scriptures, but I have to work non-stop?" The abbot just smiled and said nothing.

At noon the next day, when the young monk came from the back mountain carrying a bag of millet, the abbot took him to the front door of the temple. The sun was turning west, and several young monks appeared on the mountain road ahead. The abbot asked the young monks: "I asked you to buy salt early in the morning. The road is so close and flat, why do you come back so late? ?"

A few young monks said: "Abbott, let's talk and laugh and look at the scenery. It's been like this every day for ten years!"

< p>The abbot asked the young monk standing beside him: "The town behind the temple is so far away, and you carried such a heavy load, why did you come back earlier?"

The young monk said : "Every day on the road, I want to go early and come back early. Because the things on my shoulders are heavy, I walk more carefully, so I walk more steadily and faster. Over the past ten years, I have developed a habit, and I only have There is no road to the goal!" The abbot laughed when he heard this and said, "When the road is smooth, the heart is no longer focused on the goal. Only walking on a bumpy road can temper one's will!"

This little monk at that time became the famous Master Xuanzang. On the way to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, despite the many difficulties and dangers, his heart was always shining with the light of perseverance.

(Excerpted from "Liaoning Youth" Issue 10, 2003)

The Master's Style

Wu Xiping in "China Youth Daily" on July 6, 2003 The author said that Gu Yanwu, an enlightenment thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, likened reading and writing to "casting money." He said: I once said that people today write books and establish theories just like the ancients cast copper and made money. The ancients mined copper from mines, but today people rely on buying old copper coins as raw materials. The former cast a small amount of money, but the quality is excellent, while the latter not only The quality of the newly minted copper coins was poor, and the skills passed down by the ancients were ruined. For more than a year, despite reading and studying from morning to night, I have only considered a few issues. Although the number is small, it can be regarded as mining copper directly from the mine!

Article It is regrettable that this analogy made by a scholar more than three hundred years ago hits the mark with today's reality. Impetuousness is prevalent in the academic world nowadays: emphasis on quantity over quality, shoddy work, and masterpieces of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of words, one or even several books a year. Writing books has become easier than writing papers; piecing together His works abound.

Compared with these scholars of the younger generation who have "produced numerous works", the scholars of the older generation pale in comparison. Wittgenstein, the master of philosophy, only published one book in his life - "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus", which was less than 80 pages long. He will not write any more books in the future. It was not until after his death that others compiled his notes and lecture notes into a book. It was this "little book" that made the master famous throughout his life. The master's sincerity that combines humility, romance and courage is really admirable. I think this comes from his profound accumulation and in-depth thinking, from his good academic ethics and moral sentiments, from his elegant temperament and appropriate self-awareness. The master's style should also be a yardstick in the academic world, not only guiding the direction of knowledge, but also marking the height of self-cultivation and morality.

Wisdom on the edge of the cliff

Xie Longyan

In the era of Tsarist Russia, a man who could not swim lost his footing and fell into the river. No matter how much he shouted "help", the police on duty on the shore were indifferent. The man who fell into the water was dying, and in a panic, he suddenly shouted: "Down with the Tsar!"

This was not bad. In Russia at that time, insulting the Tsar was punishable by jail time. Two policemen immediately jumped into the water, lifted the drowning man to the shore, and took him to the police station. Drowning people were also saved.

When a person is forced into despair for some reason, wisdom will suddenly bloom. This phenomenon is known as "wisdom on the edge of the cliff."

The famous British painter Sawhill was once invited by the Queen of England to paint a large mural in the palace. To paint this monumental painting, the artist erected a three-story-high scaffolding. The Queen came with a group of ministers to watch. At that time, Thorhill was standing on the scaffolding and looking at his work with concentration.

While watching, he stepped back, until he reached the edge of the scaffolding. The queen and ministers standing under the scaffolding were all stunned, but no one dared to make a sound: everyone knows that if anyone shouts, Thorhill will definitely You will be frightened and may fall to the ground and die.

At this time, the assistant standing next to Saucier suddenly came to his senses. He strode to the mural, picked up a paintbrush and started scribbling on the mural. Seeing this, Saucier was furious and rushed forward to snatch the brush from his assistant: "Are you crazy?" His assistant saved his life with forced inspiration.

(Excerpted from "Northern Legal News" on July 3, 2003)

Life is a process of extracting the essence

Carly Fiorina is HP female CEO, she studied at Stanford University. Twenty-five years after graduation, she returned to her alma mater to give a speech. She said: The most unforgettable course I took at Stanford was a seminar on "the political philosophy of the three major sects of Christianity, Islam, and Catholicism in the Middle Ages."

Every week we have to read a work on medieval philosophy, such as Aquinas, Bacon, Abelard - they are all long works - one of us I read an average of 1,000 pages a week. And every weekend, we have to refine the thoughts and speeches of these philosophers and summarize them into the essence of only 2 pages.

The process at that time was roughly like this: first reduce them to 20 pages, then 10 pages, and finally to 2 pages, and it was a single-sided manuscript paper. Is this more than a summary? This is simply to restore everything to its original form, to the most fundamental essence of things!

The following week, we began to look at the work of another philosopher.

The philosophies and ideologies of these thinkers undoubtedly left a deep impression on me, but the almost harsh "distillation" process of extracting the essence and pursuing perfection is what I really learned. thing. This is an uncanny, almost stubborn skill. And all along, I have benefited repeatedly. This is a comprehensive exercise to extract the essence of things and restore the essence of things, and that course also allowed me to understand the meaning of life. Life is a process of extracting the essence.

(Excerpted from "Chinese College Students" Issue 7, 2003)

Mr. Sloan's hobbies

Lin Xi

Mr. Sloan once He served as the president of General Motors and was the first truly professional manager in American history. Before that, in large American companies, the "boss" had always managed the company by himself.

When he was young, Mr. Sloan loved to make friends and play, and he was a well-connected person with many friends. However, after he became the president of GM, he isolated himself and did not get close to the supervisors at the same level. They all treated each other with courtesy and kept the same distance.

“No one likes to be lonely. I also like to make friends and have company by my side. However, the company gives me a high salary, not to make friends. My job is to evaluate the performance of people in the company. In order to make correct personnel decisions, if I have a relationship with the person I work with, there will naturally be likes and dislikes, which will affect my decision-making. Therefore, I am not allowed to establish personal relationships in the workplace. ”

Not only that, Mr. Sloan never talks about his hobbies and family in public. In his introduction to the book, he insisted that the editor not include a two-page introduction to his family, childhood, and early career. Sloan believes that "professionals" should not disclose their interests, beliefs and private lives. This is his private matter and has nothing to do with "professionalism".

Because of this, GM under Sloan’s leadership has all kinds of people. In particular, the 35 senior managers under him have different styles and characteristics, which is where GM's vitality lies.

Writing this, I not only remembered a sentence I read in the newspaper recently: "No matter how strict the system and regulations are, I am not afraid. What I am most afraid of is that leading cadres have no hobbies." This sentence comes from the amount of money involved in the case. The biggest suspect in the Xiamen Yuanhua case, Lai Changxing.

(Excerpted from "Xinhua Daily" on July 26, 2003)

This is your masterpiece

Picasso opposed aggressive wars throughout his life.

During World War II, the German army often visited the Picasso Art Museum in Paris. One day, Picasso gave each German soldier a replica of his "Guernica". This painting depicts the horror of the Spanish city of Guernica after it was bombed by the Germans. A German officer pointed at the painting and asked Picasso: "Is this your masterpiece?"

"No, this is your masterpiece." Picasso's words made the German officer dumbfounded.

Good and evil come from the heart

Quicksand

Su Dongpo believed in Buddhism. Once, he was debating scriptures with the abbot. The two sat on a futon and discussed each other for a long time.

The abbot said: "What am I in the eyes of the other party?"

Su Dongpo said: "Abbott, you are a pile of cow shit in my eyes." The abbot smiled slightly and said : "Donor, you are a flower in my eyes."

Su Dongpo returned satisfied and discussed the matter with his younger sister. The little girl said: "There is a saying in Buddhism that if the mind is in hell, it will lead to evil thoughts. If you have cow shit in your heart, you will treat others as cow shit."

After Su Dongpo heard this, his face was filled with shame.

Any good or evil thoughts actually already exist in the heart before they turn into actions and facts. People whose hearts are full of evil thoughts will have different eyes when they look at others, while those whose hearts are full of friendship and tolerance will change. People will bring joy to others and themselves.

Buddhism has the theory of hell and heaven. People who want to do evil are filled with anger. People who have done evil will have nightmares every day because they are afraid that others will discover their evil deeds. Although they are in the world, their hearts are already in hell. And those who do good deeds are upright, do good to others, and have no fame or gain. Although they are in this world, their hearts are already in heaven.

In fact, good and evil are sometimes just a thin line of difference. Looking at Mr. Feng Zikai’s memoirs, there is an anecdote about his mentor Li Shutong. During the music class, one student was reading a book while another student was spitting. Mr. Li is an extremely serious person. He saw it on the spot but said nothing. After class, Mr. Li asked the two students to stay and told them in a very gentle voice that they should not read idle books or vomit in class next time. phlegm. The two students felt that the teacher was making a fuss out of a molehill, and when they were about to defend themselves, they saw this respected gentleman bowing to them, and their faces suddenly turned red.

In front of kindness, there is only the nourishment of spring breeze and rain. There is no distinction between high and low. When a person only has kind thoughts in his heart, all the glitz and glamor of the world has long since receded, and only everyone is equal and should be respected. soul.

——"Liberation Daily" October 24, 2003

Courage

In the 19th century, Harrow School, a prestigious public school in England, often appeared The strong bullies the weak, the big bullies the small.

One day, a tall and tough boy stopped in front of a new student and ordered him to do things for him. The new student didn't understand the "whole story" and flatly refused. The tall man became angry with embarrassment. He grabbed the new student by the collar and started beating him, cursing and saying, "You kid, in order to make you smarter, I have to enlighten you!" The new student grinned in pain, but didn't Willing to beg for mercy.

The students who were watching either looked at him coldly, laughed or laughed, or walked away. There was only one boy who looked weak. Seeing this scene of bullying, tears gradually welled up in his eyes. He finally couldn't help shouting: "How many more times do you have to hit him before you give up!"

The tall man looked towards the high-pitched and thin voice of protest. When he saw that he was also a thin freshman, he cursed viciously: "Why do you ask this, you ignorant guy?"

That one The freshman stared at him with tearful eyes and replied without fear: "No matter how many more punches you have, let me endure half of the punches for him."

The tall man looked at his tears. , hearing this unexpected answer, he couldn't help but stopped in shame.

Since then, the voice of resistance to evil and violence in the school town has become louder, and the number of good deeds to help the weak has gradually increased, and the two freshmen have become sworn friends. The boy who was beaten deeply felt the value of love and kindness, and later became the famous British politician Robert Beale; the one who stepped forward and was willing to share the pain of strangers and weak people was the world-famous poet Beale. Lun.

In life, we also need to be like Byron, when others just avoid in fear or watch with gloating, we can show rare courage, for the sake of kindness, for love, and to enlighten and shock those who are suffering. An indifferent mind.

Five Yuan and Ten Yuan

There was an American rural child. He was given a five-yuan note and a ten-yuan note as gifts and asked him to pick one. He picked the five-yuan note. . People said he was stupid, mocked him and laughed at him. This matter spread, and many people came to him to test it, but the result was still the same, and the matter spread further and further. Decades later, this kid became the President of the United States. A reporter asked him about this: "Is it true?"

"It is true." The president replied.

"Then why do you want five yuan instead of ten yuan?"

"If I want ten yuan at the beginning, then who else will use money to test me in the future?" Is it really stupid?”

There are many smart people in the world, just like the president of the United States. He got an advantage, but he also made the other person feel happy. There are many people in the world who think they are smart and laugh at others self-righteously, but they don't know that they are the real fools.

The Value of Freedom

This summer, the decorated American four-star general General Franks retired. The Minister of Defense, celebrities from all walks of life, and soldiers who loved him all paid tribute to him at the farewell ceremony. This veteran who served for nearly 40 years lost many of his preferential treatment after retirement. However, he took it lightly. He said: "The goal we are pursuing is a way of life, which is called freedom. The value of freedom is higher than anything else." The meaning of freedom lies in its independence of personality and freedom of thought.

Washington retired after his success. During his term as president, he offered to resign twice. When he left the political stage, he said, "Friends, the day is not far away when a citizen will be re-elected to run the government of the United States... I have made achievements in the organization and management of the government with good intentions. In addition to the years As time went by and my health deteriorated, I felt that retirement was not only necessary but also welcomed by others." Soon, he truly became a down-to-earth farmer, Washington, and returned to Mount Vernon from Philadelphia. He runs a huge orchard farm there; his garden is very exquisite, with gurgling streams, buzzing bees, flowing water and blooming flowers, full of vitality. He wandered around the woods and springs and enjoyed himself. He is a great practitioner and pioneer of the concept of human freedom. Freedom is the highest principle in his life. In order to pursue freedom, he constantly expands his life experience, so he is also a person who loves creation. The joy of labor and the peach blossom garden realized in reality are the rewards given to him by the free spirit.

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