3. The Influence of Literature 文学的感染力 I will tell you what literature is! NoI only wish I could. But I cant. No one can. Gleams can be thrown on the secret, inklings given, but no more. I will try to give you an inkling. And, to do so, I...
2. of study 论读书 By Francis Bacon 培根 Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of...
1. To Spring 寄给春天的诗 Oh you, sweet Spring, alight from cherub's wing, 啊，甜蜜的春天，从小天使翅上轻降， And put the ugly winter full to flight; 吓得讨厌的冬天狼狈逃窜； And rouse the earth to smile, and larks...
20. Random Thoughts 随感录 This matter of other peoples learning and ccomplishments has been worrying me for some time. I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to...
19 My First Day in Philadelphia 我在费城的第一天 by Benjamin Franklin I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginni...
18. The Night Storm 夜间的风暴 By Charles Dickens One wintry evening a keen north wind arose as it grew dark, and night came on with black and dismal looks. A bitter storm of sleet, dense and ice-cold, swept the wet streets, and rattled on the t...
17 Versatile man 多才多艺的人 It is, perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past were exceptionally versatile men. Right up until comparatively recent times, it was possible for an intelligent person to acquaint himsel...
16. O Captain!My Captain! 啊，船长！我的船长！ --瓦尔特.惠特曼 O Captain!My Captain!Our fearful trip is done, 啊！般长！我的船长！可怕的航程已完成； The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, 这船...
15. Pens 笔 Small as it is, the pen has changed the course of history, shaped the destiny of nations, facilitated the commerce of peoples, imprisoned the elusive thoughts of man, recorded events, carried news, and done more work for mankind than all...
14. Letter to Lord Chesterfield 致切斯特菲尔德伯爵书 To The Right Honourable The Earl Of Chesterfield 7th February, 1755 My Lord, 伯爵大人： I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dict...
