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本杰明格雷厄姆八十岁生日爬梯上对儿孙们做了个演讲,演讲最后以这一段诗作结尾。这首诗是写老年的,不过我看了后觉得很受激励,就抄录下来以作自勉:
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'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
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Push off, and sitting well in order smite! U7 ]: V7 |& U% @2 {. A2 Q. e$ O- G
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds! ]5 f- Y2 B0 ~. t
, u `+ ]: f L' qTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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+ d# w) h- d0 p3 w# V0 E' jOf all the western stars,until I die.
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It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;# E& s! Y; Y6 r1 e; x
/ \" q5 h, W& V% k* e0 T6 HIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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; X/ T, i# h% h6 f8 {6 ^1 sThough much is taken, much abides; and though+ W u9 Z K& L6 U: X4 P0 G2 G# `
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We are not now that strength which in old days
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are$ ]; [4 x1 r5 q! \
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.8 t8 e$ L e! u- w
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