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想。人类用石块垒起的如此坚固的大厦,是人类力量最伟大的结晶,也可能会夷为平地,而那一闪而过的言辞,那思绪飞扬时即逝的表达却延续了下来,但它不是历史的回音,不是纯粹的建筑奇迹或令人肃然起敬的遗迹,但它的力量依旧强大,生命依旧鲜活,有时候远比当初说出来的时候更加坚强有力,它穿越了三千年的时光隧道,为生活在现在的我们照亮了世界。
The Joys of Writing
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
The fortunate people in the world—the only really fortunate people in the world�in my mind�—are those whose work is also their �not nearly so large as it is often represented to be;and authors are perhaps one of the most important elements in its �to be able to make your work your pleasure is the one class distinction in the world worth striving for;and I do not wonder that others are inclined to envy those happy human beings who find their livelihood in the gay effusions of their fancy�to whom every hour of labor is an hour of enjoyment to whom repose—however necessary—is a tiresome interlude�and even a holiday is almost �has much to say or little�if he cares about writing at all�he will appreciate the pleasures of � s table on a sunny morning�with four clear hours of uninterruptible security�plenty of nice white paper�and a Squeezer pen—that is true —what more is there than to desire? What does it matter what happens outside? The House of mons may do what it like�and so may the House of �for four hours�at any rate�we will withdraw ourselves from a mon�ill�governed�and disorderly world;and with the key of fancy unlock that cupboard where all the good things of the infinite are put away。书 包 网 txt小说上传分享
写作的乐趣(3)
And speaking of freedom is not the author free�as few men are free? Is he not secure�as few men are secure? The tools of his industry are so mon and so cheap that they have almost ceased to have mercial �no elaborate apparatus�no service of men or �and nothing outside him that �self�supporting;self�;no one can force
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