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1、Autobiography0fEdwardGibbon(extracts)爱德华·吉本自传（节选）AbouttheAuthorEdwardGibbon(1737~1794)wasanEnglishhistorian.HewasborninPutney(普特尼),nearLondon,ofaprosperousfamily.Hehadlittleformaleducationbutreadenormouslyandomnivorously(无所不及的；什么都读的).In1752,hewassenttoMa
2、gdalenCollege,Oxford(牛津大学莫德林学院),butwithdrawnfromitin1753owingtohisconversiontoRomanCatholicism(罗马天主教).SenttoLausanne(瑞士的洛桑)byhisfather,hewasformallyreconvertedtoProtestantism(新教)in1754.BackinEngland,GibbonheldacommissionintheHampshire(汉普郡)militiafrom1759
3、to1762,thentraveledabroadextensivelyandengagedinliterarypursuitsathome.Gibbon’soutstandingwork,TheHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire《罗马帝国衰亡史》(6vols.,1776~1788),presentsacontinuousnarrativefromthe2ndcenturyA.D.tothefallofConstantinople(君士坦丁堡)in145
4、3.Itiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatworksofhistoricalwriting.AbouttheTextOurpiecesareextractedfromEdwardGibbon’sAutobiography《自传》,MemoirsofHisLifeandWritings《回忆录》,publishedposthumously（死后地，死后出版地）byoneofhisfriends.TheydescribedGibbon’sconceivingofhisideaof
5、writingTheHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire《罗马帝国衰亡史》,hisresolution,hiswriting,andhispleasure.Historiesmakemenwise;poemswitty;themathematicssubtle;naturalphilosophydeep;moralgrave;logicandrhetoricabletocontend.--------FrancisBacon,Britishphilosop
6、her历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞学使人善辨。-----英国哲学家弗朗西斯.培根Everypersonhastwoeducation,onewhichhereceivesfromothers,andone,moreimportant,whichhegiveshimself.-----EdwardGibbon,Britishhistorian每个人都受两种教育，一种来自别人，另一种更重要的是来自自己。----英国历史学家爱德华·吉本TheRuinsof
7、thePantheoninRome(罗马万神殿遗址)IItwasatRome,onthe15thofOctober,1764,asIsatmusingamidsttheruinsoftheCapitol,whilethebarefootedfriarsweresingingvespersintheTempleofJupiter,thattheideaofwritingthedeclineandfallofthecityfirststartedtomymind.TheCatholicFriarswereS
8、ingingVespersTheRomanTempleofJupiterⅡAttheoutsetallwasdarkanddoubtful;eventhetitleofthework,thetrueeraoftheDeclineandFalloftheEmpire,thelimitsoftheintroduction,thedivisionofthechapters,andtheorderofthenarrative;andIwasofte
