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1、优美的英语散文-WhatIHaveLivedFor2010-08-0916:21:06WhatIHaveLivedFor BertrandRussell Threepassions,simplebutoverwhelminglystrong,havegovernedmylife:thelongingforlove,thesearchforknowledge,andunbearablepityforthesufferingofmankind.Thesepassions,likegreatwinds
2、,haveblownmehitherandthither,inawaywardcourse,overadeepoceanofanguish,reachingtothevergeofdespair. Ihavesoughtlove,first,becauseitbringsecstasy---ecstasysogreatthatIwouldhavesacrificedalltherestoflifeforafewhoursofthisjoy.Ihavesoughtit,next,becauseitr
3、elievesloneliness---thatterriblelonelinessinwhichoneshiveringconsciousnesslooksovertherimoftheworldintocoldunfathomablelifelessabyss.Ihavesoughtit,finally,becauseintheunionofloveIhaveseen,inamysticminiature,theprefiguringvisionoftheheaventhatsaintsandp
4、oetshaveimagined.ThisiswhatIsought,andthoughitmightseemtoogoodforhumanlife,thisiswhat---atlast---Ihavefound. WithequalpassionIhavesoughtknowledge.Ihavewishedtounderstandtheheartsofmen,Ihavewishedtoknowwhythestarsshine.AndIhavetriedtoapprehendthePythag
5、oreanpowerbywhichnumberholdsawayabovetheflux.Alittleofthis,butnotmuch,Ihaveachieved. Loveandknowledge,sofarastheywerepossible,ledupwardtowardtheheavens.Butalwayspitybroughtmebacktoearth.Echoesofcriesofpainreverberatedinmyheart.Childreninfamine,victims
6、torturedbyoppressors,helplessoldpeopleahatedburdentotheirsons,andthewholeworldofloneliness,poverty,andpainmakeamockeryofwhathumanlifeshouldbe.Ilongtoalleviatetheevil,butIcannot,andItoosuffer. Thishasbeenmylife.Ihavefounditworthliving,andIwouldgladlyli
7、veitagainifthechancewereofferedtome. 我为何而活 伯兰特.罗素 三种简单却极其强烈的情感主宰着我的生活:对爱的渴望、对知识的追求、对人类痛苦的难以承受的怜悯之心。这三种情感,像一阵阵飓风一样,任意地将我吹的飘来荡去,越过痛苦的海洋,抵达绝望的彼岸。 我寻找爱,首先,因为它令人心醉神迷,这种沉醉是如此美妙,以至于我愿意用余生来换取那几个小时的快乐。我寻找爱,其次是因为它会减轻孤独,置身于那种可怕的孤独中,颤抖的灵魂在世界的边缘,看到冰冷的、死寂的、无底深渊。
8、我寻找爱,还因为在爱水乳?交融时,在一个神秘的缩影中,我见到了先贤和诗人们所想象的、预览的天堂。这就是我所追求的,尽管对于凡人来说,这好像是一种奢望。但这是我最终找到的。 我曾以同样的热情来追求知识。我希望能理解人类的心灵,希望能知道为什么星星会发光。我也曾经努力理解毕达哥拉斯学派的理论,他们认为数字主载着万物的此消彼长。我了解了一点知识,但是不多。 爱和知识,可以最大可能地,将人带入天堂。可是,怜悯总是将我带回地面。人们因痛苦而发出的哭声在我心中久久回响,那些饥