中英对照《天演论》察变.doc

中英对照《天演论》察变.doc

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1、EvolutionandEthics,ProlegomenabyAdousHuxleyI.《天演论》阿道斯·赫胥黎导言一:察变ITmaybesafelyassumedthat,twothousandyearsago,beforeCaesarsetfootinsouthernBritain,thewholecountry-sidevisiblefromthewindowsoftheroominwhichIwrite,wasinwhatiscalled"thestateofnature."Except,itmaybe,byraisingafewsepulchralmounds,suchasthos

2、ewhichstill,hereandthere,breaktheflowingcontoursofthedowns,man'shandshadmadenomarkuponit;andthethinveilofvegetationwhichoverspreadthebroad-backedheightsandtheshelvingsidesofthecoombswasunaffectedbyhisindustry.赫胥黎独处一室之中,在英伦之南,背山而面野,槛外诸境,历历如在几下。乃悬想二千年前,当罗马大将恺彻未到时,此间有何景物。计惟有天造草昧,人功未施,其借征人境者,不过几处荒坟,散见坡陀

3、起伏间,而灌木丛林,蒙茸山麓,未经删治如今日者,则无疑也。Thenativegrassesandweeds,thescatteredpatchesofgorse,contendedwithoneanotherforthepossessionofthescantysurfacesoil;theyfoughtagainstthedroughtsofsummer,thefrostsofwinter,andthefuriousgaleswhichswept,withunbrokenforce,nowfromthe[2]Atlantic,andnowfromtheNorthSea,atalltimeso

4、ftheyear;theyfilledup,astheybestmight,thegapsmadeintheirranksbyallsortsofundergroundandovergroundanimalravagers.Oneyearwithanother,anaveragepopulation,thefloatingbalanceoftheunceasingstruggleforexistenceamongtheindigenousplants,maintaineditself.Itisaslittletobedoubted,thatanessentiallysimilarstateof

5、natureprevailed,inthisregion,formanythousandyearsbeforethecomingofCaesar;andthereisnoassignablereasonfordenyingthatitmightcontinuetoexistthroughanequallyprolongedfuturity,exceptfortheinterventionofman.怒生之草,交加之藤,势如争长相雄。各据一抔壤土,夏与畏日争,冬与严霜争,四时之内,飘风怒吹,或西发西洋,或东起北海,旁午交扇,无时而息。上有鸟兽之践啄,下有蚁蝝之齧伤,憔悴孤虚,旋生旋灭,菀枯顷刻,

6、莫可究详。是离离者亦各尽天能,以自存种族而已。数亩之内,战事炽然。强者后亡,弱者先绝。年年岁岁,偏有留遗。未知始自何年,更不知止于何代。苟人事不施于其间,则莽莽榛榛,长此互相吞并,混逐蔓延而已,而诘之者谁耶?Reckonedbyourcustomarystandardsofduration,thenativevegetation,likethe"everlastinghills"whichitclothes,seemsatypeofpermanence.ThelittleAmarellaGentians,whichaboundinsomeplacesto-day,arethedescendan

7、tsofthosethatweretroddenunderfoot,bytheprehistoricsavageswhohavelefttheirflinttools,about,3hereandthere;andtheyfollowedancestorswhich,intheclimateoftheglacialepoch,probablyflourishedbetterthantheydono

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