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
: W& J9 q1 v* J　　of our existence.We are not at rest;
　　we are on a journey. Our life is not a mere fact;
　　it is a movement, a tendency, a steady,
% N9 k# C2 y7 v4 u+ u6 |  G　　ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal.
2 E* U( J! b- J& I2 c, a　　We are gaining something, or losing something, every day.
　　Even when our position and our character seem to
# s  p& D* Y. v+ U% Y6 l+ _. N　　remain precisely the same, they are changing.
　　For the mere advance of time is a change.
4 Y# `; I3 f2 z5 q　　It is not the same thing to have a bare field
　　in January and in July. The season makes the difference.
; J" n3 N; t0 o2 u) G4 o　　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
# |& k! t2 {" r- U2 m+ v2 Z　　is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward.
　　The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is
4 l# Q2 L5 k- X　　just as real as the action of the positive pole.
　　To decline is to accept — the other alternative.
　　Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday?
1 D: E4 u- f/ h) D" ]　　Yes, — you must be a little nearer to some port or other;
　　for since your ship was first launched upon
# \, @7 }! Q- _, _# l+ B/ I　　the sea of life you have never been still
　　for a single moment; the sea is too deep,
" ^( o3 Z6 S# p6 g9 z+ k2 d% X　　you could not find an anchorage if you would;
1 F! G) z! p# W0 ]+ }: V4 c　　there can be no pause until you come into port.