下面这句话的语法结构和,为什么并列成分之间没有and?

题目

下面这句话的语法结构和,为什么并列成分之间没有and?
Perhaps no other thing has such power to lift the poor out of his poverty,the wretched out of his misery,to make the burden-bearer forget his grief,the downtrodden his degradation,as books.

答案

简化为：no other thing has such power as books.
中间的...to lift the poor...,(to lift) the wretched...,to make...,(to make) the downtrodden (forget) his degradation.都是来限定修饰power的,而且是省略句形式,不用and,而以,隔开,能形成有气势的排比,读来也朗朗上口.