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第十弹: 为他人活
For the sake of other men
Strange is out situation here upon earth. Each of us comes foe1 a short visit,
not knowing why,yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.
From the standpoint of daily life, how ever, there is one thing we do know:
that man is here foe the sake of other men----above all for those upon whose
smile and well-being2 our own happiness depends, and also for the countless3
unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy.
Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon
the labors4 of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must
exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received. My peace
of mind is often troubles by the depressing sense that I have borrowed too
heavily from the work of other men.
To ponder interminably over the reason for one’s own existence or the
meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to
be sheer folly5. And yet everyone holds certain ideals by which he guides his
aspiration6 and his judgment7. The ideals which have always shone before me
and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make
a goal of comfort and happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics8
built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd9 of cattle.
For the sake of other men
Strange is out situation here upon earth. Each of us comes foe1 a short visit,
not knowing why,yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.
From the standpoint of daily life, how ever, there is one thing we do know:
that man is here foe the sake of other men----above all for those upon whose
smile and well-being2 our own happiness depends, and also for the countless3
unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy.
Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon
the labors4 of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must
exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received. My peace
of mind is often troubles by the depressing sense that I have borrowed too
heavily from the work of other men.
To ponder interminably over the reason for one’s own existence or the
meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to
be sheer folly5. And yet everyone holds certain ideals by which he guides his
aspiration6 and his judgment7. The ideals which have always shone before me
and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make
a goal of comfort and happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics8
built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd9 of cattle.
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1 foe | |
n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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2 well-being | |
n.安康,安乐,幸福 | |
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3 countless | |
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的 | |
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4 labors | |
v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转 | |
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5 folly | |
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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6 aspiration | |
n.志向,志趣抱负;渴望;(语)送气音;吸出 | |
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7 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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8 ethics | |
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准 | |
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9 herd | |
n.兽群,牧群;vt.使集中,把…赶在一起 | |
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