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本帖最后由 欧阳京 于 5-2-2022 09:17 编辑
还有一本书也很值得的读，其作者是写仅次于发行量稍次于圣经的《瓦尔登湖》的梭罗。
这本书叫做“论公民的不服从”，其中一段写到：
Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to anticipate and provide for reform?
Why is it not more apt to anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? Why does it not encourage its citizens to be on the alert to point out its faults, and do better than it would have them? Why does it always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels?
不好意思，重译瓦尔登湖和这本书也是在我计划之中。这里先不译了，大家有兴趣读读这段无比理性而优美的英文吧。
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楼主: 阿弥
发表于 5-2-2022 08:15:05
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