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1、RabindranathTagore’sConversationwithH.G.WellsTagoreandH.G.WellsmetinGenevainearlyJune,1930.Tagore:Thetendencyinmoderncivilizationistomaketheworlduniform.Calcutta,Bombay,HongKong,andothercitiesaremoreorlessalike,wearingbigmaskswhichrepresentnocountryinparticular.Wells:Yetdon’tyouthinktha
2、tthisveryfactisanindicationthatwearereachingourforanewworld-widehumanorderwhichrefusestobelocalized?Tagore:Ourindividualphysiognomyneednotbethesame.Letthemindbeuniversal.Theindividualshouldnotbesacrificed.Wells:Wearegraduallythinkingnowofonehumancivilizationonthefoundationofwhichindivid
3、ualitieswillhavegreatchanceoffulfillment.Theindividual,aswetakehim,hassufferedfromthefactthatcivilizationhasbeensplitupintoseparateunits,insteadofbeingmergedintoauniversalwhole,whichseemstobethenaturaldestinyofmankind.Tagore:Ibelievetheunityofhumancivilizationcanbebettermaintainedbylink
4、ingupinfellowshipandcooperationofthedifferentcivilizationsoftheworld.Doyouthinkthereisatendencytohaveonecommonlanguageforhumanity?Wells:Onecommonlanguagewillprobablybeforceduponmankindwhetherwelikeitornot.Previously,acommunityoffinemindscreatedanewdialect.Nowitisnecessitythatwillcompelu
5、stoadoptauniversallanguage.-5-Tagore:Iquiteagree.Thetimefoefive-miledialectsisfastvanishing.Rapidcommunicationmakesfoeacommonlanguage.Yet,thiscommonlanguagewouldprobablynotexcludenationallanguages.Thereisagainthecuriousfactthatjustnow,alongwiththegrowingunitiesofthehumanmind,thedevelopm
6、entofnationalself-consciousnessisleadingtotheformationorrathertherevivalofnationallanguageseverywhere.Don’tyouthinkthatinAmerica,inspiteofconstanttouchbetweenAmericaandEngland,theEnglishlanguageistendingtowardadefinitemodificationandchange?Wells:Iwonderifthatisthecasenow.Fortyorfiftyyea
7、rsagothiswouldhavebeenthecase,butnowinliteratureandincommonspeechitbecomesincreasinglydifficulttodistinguishbetweenEnglishandAmerican.Thereseemstobemuchmorerepercussionintheotherdirection.Todayweareelaboratingandperfectingphysicalmethodsoftransmittingwords.Translationisabrother
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