We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious [vɪkˈtɔ:riəs] efforts, the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt [prɒmpt] to help a friend, but who has those virile [ˈvɪraɪl] qualities necessary to win in the stern strife [straɪf] of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort. Freedom from effort in the present merely[ˈmɪəli] means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
----The Strenuous [ˈstrenjuəs]Life
我们不欣赏那种怯懦安逸的人。我们钦佩那种表现出奋力向上的人，那种永不屈待邻人，能随时帮助朋友，但是也具有那些刚健的品质，足以在现实生活的严酷斗争中获取胜利的人。失败是难以忍受的，但更为糟糕的是从来不去努力争取成功。在人的这一生中，任何的收获都要通过努力去得到。目前不作任何的努力，只不过意味着在过去有过努力的积储。----艰辛的人生
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