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1、Thereisatimeineveryman'seducationwhenhearrivesattheconvictionthatenvyisignorance;thatimitationissuicide;thathemusttakehimselfforbetter,forworse,ashisportion;thatthoughthewideuniverseisfullofgood,nokernelofnourishingcorncancometohimbutthroughhistoilbestowedonthatp
2、lotofgroundwhichisgiventohimtotill.每个人在受教导进程中,总有一天会认识到:妒忌是无知,模拟是自杀。不论好歹,每个人都必需接收属于他的那一份,辽阔的世界里固然充斥了珍馐美味,但是只有从给予他往耕耘的那一片土地里,通过辛苦劳动收获的谷物才富有养分。Trustthyself:everyheartvibratestothatironstring.Accepttheplacethedivineprovidencehasfoundforyou,thesocietyofyourcontemporar
3、ies,theconnectionofevents.Greatmenhavealwaysdoneso,andconfidedthemselveschildliketothegeniusoftheirage,betrayingtheirperceptionthattheabsolutelytrustworthywasseatedattheirheart,workingthroughtheirhands,predominatinginalltheirbeing.信任你自己吧:每颗心都随着那弦跳动,接受上苍为你找到的地位──同
4、代人组成的社会和世网。巨大的人物总是像孩子似地将自己托付给时期的精力,表露他们所感知到的上帝正在他们内心引起骚动,正假他们之手在运作,并驾驭着他们全部身心。Whosowouldbeamanmustbeanonconformist.Hewhowouldgatherimmortalpalmsmustnotbehinderedbythenameofgoodness,butmustexploreifitbegoodness.Nothingisatlastsacredbuttheintegrityofyourownmind.Abs
5、olveyoutoyourself,andyoushallhavethesuffrageoftheworld.IrememberananswerwhichwhenquiteyoungIwaspromptedtomaketoavaluedadviser,whowaswonttoimportunemewiththedearolddoctrinesofthechurch.Onmysaying,WhathaveItodowiththesacrednessoftraditions,ifIlivewhollyfromwithin?m
6、yfriendsuggested,—"Buttheseimpulsesmaybefrombelow,notfromabove."Ireplied,"Theydonotseemtometobesuch;butifIamtheDevil'schild,IwilllivethenfromtheDevil."Nolawcanbesacredtomebutthatofmynature.Goodandbadarebutnamesveryreadilytransferabletothatorthis;theonlyrightiswha
7、tisaftermyconstitution,theonlywrongwhatisagainstit.任何名副实在的真正的人,都必须是不落俗套的人。任何采集圣地棕搁叶的人,都不应该拘泥于名义上的善,而应当挖掘善之本身。除了我们心灵的真挚之外,其它的一切回根结蒂都不是神圣的。摆脱自己,皈依自我,也就必定得到众人的认可。记得,当我还很小的时候,有位颇受人尊敬的师长。他习惯不厌其烦地向我灌输宗教的古老教条。有一回,我禁不住回了他一句。听到我说,如果我完整靠内心的指导来生活,那么我拿那些神圣的传统干嘛呢;我的这位朋友提出说:“可
8、是,内心的激动可能是低下的,而不是高贵的。”我答复说:“在我看来,却不是如此。不过,倘若我是魔鬼的孩子,那么我就要照魔鬼的指导来生活。”除了本性的法则之外,在我看来,没有任何法则是神圣的。好与坏,只不过是个名声而已,不费吹灰之力,便可以将它从这人身上移到那人身上。唯一准确的,是服从自身构造的事物;唯一过错的,是逆自身