It was the best of times

It

was

the

best

of

times,

it

was

the

worst

of

times;

it

was

the

age

of

wisdom,

it

w

as

the

age

of

foolishness;

it

was

the

epoch

of

belief,

it

was

the

epoch

of

incredulit

y;

it

was

the

season

of

light,

it

was

the

season

of

darkness;

it

was

the

spring

of

h

ope,

it

was

the

winter

of

despair;

we

had

everything

before

us,

we

had

nothing

bef

ore

us;

we

were

all

going

direct

to

Heaven,

we

were

all

going

direct

the

other

way.

Excerpt

from

A

Tale

of

Two

Cities

by

Charles

Dickens

这是 一个最好的时代，

也是一个

最坏的时代；这是明智的年代，这是 愚昧的年代；这是信任的纪元，这是怀疑的纪元；这是

光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这 是希望的春日，这是失望的冬日；我们面前应有尽有，我

们面前一无所有；我们都将直下 地狱

……

The

chess-board

is

the

world:the

pieces

are

the

phenomena

of

the

universe;

the

ru

les

of

the

game

are

what

we

call

the

laws

of

nature.

The

player

on

the

other

side

is

hidden

from

us.

We

know

that

his

play

is

always

fair,

just

and

patient.

But

also

we

know,

to

our

cost,

that

he

never

overlooks

a

mistake,

or

makes

the

smallest

allowance

for

ignorance.

By

Thomas

Henry

Huxley

参考译文

棋盘宛如世界：

一个个棋子仿佛世间的种种现象：

游戏规则就是 我们所称的自然法则。

竞争

对手藏于暗处，不为我们所见。我们 知晓，这位对手向来处事公平，正义凛然，极富耐心。

然而，

我 们也明白，

这位对手从不忽视任何错误，

或者因为我们的无知而 做出一丝让步，所

以我们也必须为此付出代价。

Equality

and

Greatness

Between

persons

of

equal

income

there

is

no

social

distinction

except

the

distinctio

n

of

merit.

Money

is

nothing;character,conduct,and

capacity

are

d

o

f

all

the

workers

being

leveled

down

to

low

wage

standards

and

all

the

rich

levele

d

up

to

fashionbale

income

standards,everybody

under

a

system

of

equal

incomes

would

find

his

or

her

own

natural

would

be

great

people

and

ordinary

p

eople

and

little

peolpe,but

the

great

would

always

be

those

who

had

done

great

thi

ngs,and

never

the

idiot

whose

mother

had

spoiled

them

and

whose

father

had

left

a

hunred

thousand

a

year;and

the

little

would

be

persons

of

small

minds

and

mea

n

characters,and

not

poor

persons

who

had

never

had

a

is

why

idiots

are

always

in

favour

of

inequality

of

income(their

only

chance

of

eminence),and

th

e

really

great

in

favour

of

equality.

收入相当的人 除了品性迥异以外没有社会差别。金钱不能说明什么；性格，

行为，

能力才代

表一切。

在收入平等制度下，

每个人将会找到他或她正常的地位，

而不是所有的工人被划到

应拿低工资阶层，

所有的富人被划到应得高收入的阶层。

人有 卓著伟人，

平庸之辈和碌碌小

人之别，

然伟人总是那些有所建树之人，

而非从小深受母亲溺爱，

父亲每 年留下一大笔钱之

人；碌碌小人总是那些心胸狭窄，品德卑劣之人，

而不是那些从未获取机会的穷人。愚蠢之

众总是赞成收入不平等（他们职能凭借这种 机会才能为人所知）

，而真正伟大之人则主张平

等相待，原因就 在于此。

The

doer

of

Deeds

It

is

not

the

critic

who

counts,not

the

man

who

points

out

how

the

strong

man

stu

mbles,the

doer

of

deeds

could

have

done

them

better.

The

credit

belongs

to

the

man

who

is

actually

in

the

arens,whose

face

is

marred

b

y

dust

and

sweat

and

blood;who

stives

valiantly;who

errs,and

comes

short

again

a

nd

again;because

there

is

not

effort

without

error

and

shortcoming;but

who

does

ac

tually

strive

to

do

the

deeds;who

knows

the

great

enthusiasms,the

great

devotions;

who

spends

himself

in

a

worthy

cause,who

at

the

best

knows

in

the

end

the

trium

phs

of

high

achievement

and

who

at

the

worst,if

he

fails,at

least

fails

whiledaring

g

reatly,so

that

his

place

shall

never

be

with

those

cold

and

timid

souls

who

know

n

either

victory

nor

defeat.

真正令人尊敬的并 非那些评论家和那些指出强者是如何跌倒，实干家本该做得更好的人。

荣誉属于那些亲临竞技场，满脸污泥，汗水和鲜血的人。他们 不懈努力，他们曾犯过过错，

并一再失败。因为付出即意味着犯错和失败。

他们满怀激情地努力做事，执着不懈，将生命

奉献于崇高的事业。