第56章 论自立 (2/2)

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    Beauty，convenience，grandeur of thought，and quaint expression are as near to us as to any.

    Insist on yourself；never imitate.Your own girl you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life‘s cultivation；but of the adopted talent of another，you have only an extemporaneous⑧，half possession.That which each can do best，none but his Maker can teach him.No man yet knows what it is，nor can，till that person has exhibited it.Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare？Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin，or Washington，or Bacon，or Newton？Every great man is a unique.The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow.Shakspeare will never be made by the study of Shakspeare.Do that which is assigned you，and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias，or trowel of the Egyptians，or the pen of Moses，or Dante，but different from all these.Not possibly will the soul all rich，all eloquent，with thousand-cloven tongue，deign to repeat itself；but if you can hear what these patriarchs say，surely you can re-ply to them in the same pitch of voice；for the ear and the tongue are two organs of one nature.Abide in the simple and noble regions of your life，obey thy heart，and thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again.

    与任何一种思想一样，那些美好的、有益的、伟大的，以及新奇的思想也同样存在于我们每个人的头脑中。

    坚守自己的思想，切忌模仿。一生的辛勤劳作所积蓄的力量，足以助你在每一刻都能将自己的天赋以最完美的方式展现出来。可是，如果你仅仅沿袭了他人的思想，那么它只会在你心中做短暂的停留，你永远也无法真正拥有它。一个人的长处，是造物主赋予的，除非他将自己所擅长的东西展现出来，否则不会有人知道他究竟有怎样的长处。莎士比亚的授业恩师是谁？又是哪位大师造就了富兰克林、华盛顿、培根，以及牛顿呢？每一个伟大人物都具有独一无二的特点。西庇阿的西庇阿主义是常人无法模仿的。对莎士比亚的研究无法造就另外一个莎士比亚。做好自己分内的事情，做人不要太过奢求。也不要贸然尝试。对于你，此刻就有一句箴言，无畏而恢弘，如同菲迪亚斯的巨凿、埃及人的泥铲、摩西或但丁的手笔，然而这一切却都不尽相同。心灵不可能丰富到没有任何缺陷，雄辩再精彩，多说也会出现重复的语句，但是。如果你能聆听前辈所言，就一定会以他们的说话方式来做出答复，因为耳朵与舌头是同一属性的两种器官。要做到身处质朴而又崇高的境界，遵循自己的思想，你就能再创历史。（未完待续）