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·第四篇：

If I Rest,I Rust

如果我休息，我就会生锈

If I Rest, I Rust

The significant inscription found on an old key---

“If I rest, I rust”

---would be an

excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of idleness. Even

the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder

that, if one allows his faculties to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will

soon show signs of rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required of them.

Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep

their

faculties

polished

by

constant

use,

so

that

they

may

unlock

the

doors

of

knowledge, the gate that guard the entrances to the professions, to science, art,

literature, agriculture ---every department of human endeavor.

Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of achievement. If Hugh

Miller,

after

toiling

all

day

in

a

quarry,

had

devoted

his

evenings

to

rest

and

recreation,

he

would

never

have

become

a

famous

geologist.

The

celebrated

mathematician,

Edmund

Stone,

would

never

have

published

a

mathematical

dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given

his

spare

moments

to

idleness,

had

the

little

Scotch

lad,

Ferguson,

allowed

the

busy

brain

to

go

to

sleep

while

he

tended

sheep

on

the

hillside

instead

of

calculating

the

position

of

the

stars

by

a

string

of

beads,

he

would

never

have

become a famous astronomer.

Labor

vanquishes

all---not

inconstant,

spasmodic,

or

ill-directed

labor;

but

faithful, unremitting, daily effort toward a well-directed purpose. Just as truly as

eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so is eternal industry the price of noble

and enduring success.

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·第五篇：

Ambition

抱负

Ambition

It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a

kinder

world:

with

out

demands,

without

abrasions,

without

disappointments.

People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did would not be for

themselves

but

for

the

collectivity.

Competition

would

never

enter

in.

conflict

would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past. The stress of

creation

would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in

its functions. Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart

attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor. Anxiety would be extinct. Time

would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.

Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be!

There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a

sham. Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at

bottom

empty?

That

the

efforts

of

men

and

women

are

of

no

significance

alongside

the

force

of

movements

and

events

now

not

all

success,

obviously,

is

worth

esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating. Which

are and

which

are

not is some

thing one soon enough learns on one?s own. But even the most cynical

secretly admit that success exists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and

that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless. To believe

otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranging. It is, in its

implications,

to

remove

all

motives

for

competence,

interest

in

attainment,

and

regard for posterity.

We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose

our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of

our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time

or

conditions

of

our

death.

But

within

all

this

realm

of

choicelessness,

we

do

choose

how

we

shall

live:

courageously

or

in

cowardice,

honorably

or

dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. We decide what is important and what is

trivial in life. We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or

what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our

choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide.

We

choose.

And

as

we

decide

and

choose,

so

are

our

lives

formed.

In

the

end,

forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.

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·第六篇：

What I have Lived for

我为何而生

What I Have Lived For

Three

passions,

simple

but

overwhelmingly

strong,

have

governed

my

life:

the

longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering

of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither,

in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of

despair.

I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy---ecstasy so great that I would

often

have

sacrificed

all

the

rest

of

my

life

for

a

few

hours

for

this

joy.

I

have

sought

it,

next,

because

it

relieves

loneliness---that

terrible

loneliness

in

which

one

shivering

consciousness

looks

over

the

rim

of

the

world

into

the

cold

unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love

I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints

and

poets have

imagined.

This

is

what

I

sought,

and

though

it

might

seem

too

good for human life, this is what---at last---I have found.

With

equal

passion

I

have

sought

knowledge. I

have

wished

to

understand

the

hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to

apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux.

A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.

Love

and

knowledge,

so

far

as

they

were

possible,

led

upward

toward

the

heavens.

But

always

it

brought

me

back

to

earth.

Echoes

of

cries

of

pain

reverberate

in

my

heart.

Children

in

famine,

victims

tortured

by

oppressors,

helpless

old

people

a

hated

burden

to

their

sons,

and

the

whole

world

of

loneliness,

poverty,

and

pain

make

a

mockery

of

what

human

life

should

be.

I

long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again

if the chance were offered me.

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·第七篇：

When Love Beckons You

爱的召唤

When Love Beckons You

When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And

when

his

wings

enfold

you,

yield

to

him,

though

the

sword

hidden

among

his

pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his

voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For

even

as

love

crowns

you

so

shall

he

crucify

you.

Even

as

he

is

for

your

growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses

your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to our roots

and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

But if, in your fear, you would seek only love?s peace and love?s pleasure, then it

is

bett

er

for

you

that

you

cover

your

nakedness

and

pass

out

of

love?s

threshing-floor,

into

the

seasonless

world

where

you

shall

laugh,

but

not

all

of

your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but it self

and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed,

for love is sufficient unto love.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must have desires,

let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour a

nd meditate love?s ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude;

And then to sleep with a payer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise

upon your lips.

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The Road to Success

成功之道

The Road to Success

It

is

well

that

young

men

should

begin

at

the

beginning

and

occupy

the

most

subordinate

positions.

Many

of

the

leading

businessmen

of

Pittsburgh

had

a

serious

responsibility

thrust

upon

them

at

the

very

threshold

of

their

career.

They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business

lives

sweeping

out

the

office.

I

notice

we

have

janitors

and

janitresses

now

in

offices, and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of business

education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the

boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his

hand at the broom. It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if

necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.

Assuming

that

you

have

all

obtained

employment

and

are

fairly

started,

my

advice to you is “aim high”. I would not give a fig for the young man who does

not already see himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest

content

for

a

moment

in

your

thoughts

as

head

clerk,

or

foreman,

or

general

manager in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself, “My place is

at the top.” Be king in your dreams.

And

here

is

the

prime

condition

of

success,

the

great

secret:

concentrate

your

energy,

thought,

and

capital

exclusively

upon

the

business

in

which

you

are

engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it,

adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.

The

concerns

which

fail

are

those

which

have

scattered

their

capital,

which

means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this,

or that, or the other, here there, and everywhere. “Don?t put all your eggs i

n one

basket.”

is

all

wrong.

I

tell

you

to

“put

all

your

eggs

in

one

basket,

and

then

watch that basket.” Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often

fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many

baskets that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must

put

one

on his

head,

which

is

apt

to

tumble

and

trip

him

up.

One

fault

of

the

American businessman is lack of concentration.

To summarize what I have said: aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do

not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond

your surplus cash fund; make the firm?s interest yours; break orders always to

save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket;

expenditure always within revenue; lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says,

“no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves.”

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On Meeting the Celebrated

论见名人

On Meeting the Celebrated

I have always wondered at the passion many people have to meet the celebrated.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous

men proves only that you are yourself of small account. The celebrated develop a

technique

to

deal

with

the

persons

they

come

across.

They

show

the

world

a

mask, often an impressive on, but take care to conceal their real selves. They play

the part that is expected from them, and with practice learn to play it very well,

but

you

are

stupid

if

you

think

that

this

public

performance

of

theirs

corresponds with the man within.

I have been attached, deeply attached, to a few people; but I have been interested

in men in general not for their own sakes, but for the sake of my work. I have not,

as Kant enjoined, regarded each man as an end in himself, but as material that

might be useful to me as a writer. I have been more concerned with the obscure

than with the famous. They are more often themselves. They have had no need to

create

a

figure

to

protect

themselves

from

the

world

or

to

impress

it.

Their

idiosyncrasies

have

had

more

chance

to

develop

in

the

limited

circle

of

their

activity, and since they have never been in the public eye it has never occurred to

them that they have anything to conceal. They display their oddities because it

has never struck them that they are odd. And after all it is with the common run

of men that we writers have to deal; kings, dictators, commercial magnates are

from our point of view very unsatisfactory. To write about them is a venture that

has often tempted writers, but the failure that has attended their efforts shows

that such beings are too exceptional to form a proper ground for a work of art.

They

cannot

be

made

real.

The

ordinary

is

the

writer?s

richer

field.

Its

unexpectedness, its singularity, its infinite variety afford unending material. The

great

man

is

too

often

all

of

a

piece;

it

is

the

little

man

that

is

a

bundle

of

contradictory

elements.

He

is

inexhaustible.

You

never

come

to

the

end

of

the

surprises

he

has

in

store

for

you.

For

my

part

I

would

much

sooner

spend

a

month on a desert island with a veterinary surgeon than with a prime minister.

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