青春英语美文：人在旅途

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青春英语美文：人在旅途
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　　Wherever you are, and whoever you may be,
　　there is one thing in which you and I are
　　just alike,at this moment, and in all the moments
1 X8 P1 [% M8 V2 X　　of our existence.We are not at rest;
, s" M" {0 i3 g  Q$ \' L　　we are on a journey. Our life is not a mere fact;
+ _) T! P$ @. c8 _! c  o　　it is a movement, a tendency, a steady,
4 S0 ]1 P8 x, z　　ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal.
! S: {4 M- \  G3 @2 T! ~. g6 e　　We are gaining something, or losing something, every day.
　　Even when our position and our character seem to
% ^3 R5 I: }7 d, L; i. i# n+ O: _　　remain precisely the same, they are changing.
' [1 U2 R) t: C3 }7 F! N* P　　For the mere advance of time is a change.
& _; |9 G6 K5 J3 }; i　　It is not the same thing to have a bare field
( {! [& M0 u0 o0 i5 e1 C, U2 [　　in January and in July. The season makes the difference.
0 d; l3 ]7 A" L2 w1 Z# `　　The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish
　　in the man.Everything that we do is a step
　　in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something
; q0 l0 B3 d; b" Z' s( R' l5 l　　is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward.
7 [5 \1 {7 d1 Q' I6 _5 K" z3 ?　　The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is
5 Z; [$ O, [+ S( ?& t　　just as real as the action of the positive pole.
. Q, N' {) {8 t　　To decline is to accept — the other alternative.
　　Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday?
　　Yes, — you must be a little nearer to some port or other;
　　for since your ship was first launched upon
　　the sea of life you have never been still
1 F2 e/ w6 e) ]1 F; b2 i2 u　　for a single moment; the sea is too deep,
　　you could not find an anchorage if you would;
　　there can be no pause until you come into port.
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