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o be myself; before I studied; and went into the thing professionally。 I don’t say I’m perfect yet。 I’m still a martyr to platform fright。 A railway station is the most difficult of all places to act in; as you have discovered for yourself。”“But;” I said with resentment; “I wasn’t trying to act。 I really felt。”“so did I; my boy;” said Le Ros。 “You can’t act without feeling。 What’s…his…name; the Frenchman—Diderot; yes—said you could; but what did he know about it? Didn’t you see those tears in my eyes when the train started? I hadn’t forced them。 I tell you I was moved。 So were you; I dare say。 But you couldn’t have pumped up a tear to prove it。 You can’t express your feelings。 In other words; you can’t act。 At any rate;” he added kindly; “not in a railway station。” “Teach me!” I cried。 He looked thoughtfully at me。 “Well;” he said at length; “the seeing…off season is practically over。 Yes; I’ll give you a course。 I have a good many pupils on hand already; but yes;” he said; consulting an ornate notebook; “I could give you an hour on Tuesdays and Fridays。”
His terms; I confess; are rather high。 But I don’t grudge the investment。
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论青年与老年
'英国'弗兰西斯·培根
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弗兰西斯·培根(1561—1626),英国著名的唯物主义哲学家和科学家。在文艺复兴时期的巨人中,他被尊称为哲学史和科学史上划时代的人物。马克思称他是“英国唯物主义和整个现代实验科学的真正始祖。”他是第一个提出“知识就是力量”的人。培根是近代哲学史上首先提出经验论原则的哲学家,对近代科学的建立起了积极的推动作用,对人类哲学史、科学史都作出了重大的历史贡献。罗素尊称培根为“给科学研究程序进行逻辑组织化的先驱”。
一个人假使不曾虚度生活,年岁不大也可以表现得成熟老练,只不过这种情况少有发生罢了。深思未必出自风霜,岁月同样可见年轻,可一般的青年毕竟谋划不过长辈,智慧也不及他们少年老成的同龄人。
但青年的创造性更为丰富,想象力也如涌泉一样奔放灵活,这似乎更得益于神助。天性刚烈、心怀热望、情绪敏感的人不历经中年,行事总是青涩,恺撒和塞维拉斯即为例证……
青年擅长创造却缺乏判断,擅长行动却缺乏商讨,擅长革新却缺乏对经验的借鉴。日积月累的经验可以引导他们掌握旧事物,但也会遮盖他们看见新事物的视线。
青年人犯错往往毁坏大局,而老年人的错则是迈步太小或行动太缓。无论谋事还是操行,青年都骛远喜功,基调高,动幅大,好走极端;他们藐视前例,目空一切,革新的勇气绰绰有余,而欠方式和分寸上的考虑,结果反而招致意外的
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