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1、ThreePeachStones三颗核桃Observeachild;anyonewilldo.Youwillseethatnotadaypassesinwhichhedoesnotfindsomethingorothertomakehimhappy,thoughhemaybeintearsthenextmoment.Thenlookataman;anyoneofuswilldo.Youwillnoticethatweeksandmonthscanpassinwhichdayisgreetedwithnothingmorethanresignation1,andendurewithevery
2、politeindifference.Indeed,mostmenareasmiserableassinners,thoughtheyaretooboredtosin-perhapstheirsinistheirindifference2.Butitistruethattheysoseldomsmilethatwhentheydowedonotrecognizetheirface,sodistortedisitfromthefixedmaskwetakeforgranted3.Andeventhenamancannotsmilelikeachild,forachildsmileswithh
3、iseyes,whereasamansmileswithhislipsalone.Itisnotasmile;butagrin;somethingtodowithhumor4,butlittletodowithhappiness.Andthen,asanyonecansee,thereisapoint(butwhocandefinethatpoint?)whenamanbecomesanoldman,andthenhewillsmileagain.Itwouldseemthathappinessissomethingtodowithsimplicity,andthatitistheabil
4、itytoextractpleasureformthesimplestthings-suchasapeachstone,forinstance.Itisobviousthatitisnothingtodowithsuccess.ForSirHenryStewartwascertainlysuccessful.ItistwentyyearsagosincehecamedowntoourvillagefromLondon,andboughtacoupleofoldcottages,whichhehadknockedintoone.Heusedhishouseasweekendrefuge5.H
5、ewasabarrister.Andthevillagefollowedhisbrilliantcareerwithsomethingalmostamountingtopaternalpride.IremembersometenyearsagowhenhewasmadeaKing'sCounsel6,AmosandI,seeinghimgetofftheLondontrain,wenttocongratulatehim.Wegrinnedwithpleasure;hemerelylookedasmiserableasthoughhe'dreceivedapenalsentence.Itwa
6、sthesamewhenhewasknighted;heneversmiledabit,hedidn'tevenbothertocelebratewitharoundofdrinksatthe"BlueFox"7.Hetookhissuccessasachilddoeshismedicine.Andnotoneofhisachievementsbroughtevenaghostofasmiletohistiredeyes.Iaskedhimoneday,soonafterhe'dretiredtopotterabouthisgarden,8whatiswasliketoachieveall
7、one'sambitions.Helookeddownathisrosesandwentonwateringthem.Thenhesaid"Theonlyvalueinachievingone'sambitionisthatyouthenrealizethattheyarenotworthachieving."Quicklyhemovedtheconversationontoamorepracticallevel,and
