用你的眼睛,犹如你将在明天遭遇失明……去聆听美妙的乐曲,鸟儿的歌唱,管弦乐队强劲的旋律,犹如你将在明天遭遇耳聋。触摸所有你想要抚摸的物品吧,犹如你将在明天触觉衰退。呼吸所有的花香,品尝所有的佳肴吧,犹如你将在明天再也无法使用嗅觉和味觉。把每一种感官都发挥到极致吧,并为世界向你展露的每一分喜悦和美丽而自豪。――海伦•凯勒(Hellen Keller)亲爱的读者,20世纪80年代中期,有一次吃完饭,我发现《鸡仔总动员》(Chicken Little)里的那只小鸡并不是胡说(译者注:电影《鸡仔总动员》里有一只神经质的小鸡,有点风吹草动就大喊:“天要塌下来了!天要塌下来了!”):天真的会突然塌下来,并且化作一块巨大的屋顶镶嵌板落在我头上,把我砸倒在桌子上。餐厅里并没有其他人受伤。...
Abraham Lincoln and the UnionA Chronicle of the Embattled Northby Nathaniel W. StephensonPREFACEIn spite of a lapse of sixty years, the historian who attempts to portray the era of Lincoln is still faced with almost impossible demands and still confronted with arbitrary points of view. It is out of the question, in a book so brief as this must necessarily be, to meet all these demands or to alter these points of view. Interests that are purely local, events that did not with certainty contribu
【遇到周玉琴之前的丁学文】1984台湾师范大学附属中学快乐毕业,考进台大经济系。1986当选经济系学生代表,担任财委会主席暨建言代表,提报青年建言呈蒋经国先生。1988台湾大学经济学系毕业。1990神情愉快地从台湾新竹空军机场退役。1991接任美国康奈尔大学台湾同学会会长暨全美学生联合会纽约区理事。1992美国康奈尔大学财经研究所硕士班毕业。1993ABN-AMRO荷商荷兰银行。之后进入汇丰(HSBC)中华基金管理公司,历经研究员操练,并开创台中分公司,高雄分公司及消费金融部,且开始学习工商管理。任职期间公司基金资产规模自224亿新台币成长至1208亿新台币,成为当时台湾境内规模最大基金管理公司。...
A History of Science, Volume 1by Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.ASSISTED BYEDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D.IN FIVE VOLUMESVOLUME I.THE BEGINNINGS OF SCIENCEBOOK I.CONTENTSCHAPTER I. PREHISTORIC SCIENCECHAPTER II. EGYPTIAN SCIENCECHAPTER III. SCIENCE OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIACHAPTER IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABETCHAPTER V. THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SCIENCECHAPTER VI. THE EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHERS IN ITALYCHAPTER VII. GREEK SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ATTIC PERIODCHAPTER VIII. POST-SOCRATIC SCIENCE AT ATH
350 BCTHE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTIONby Aristotletranslated by Sir Frederic G. KenyonPart 1...[They were tried] by a court empanelled from among the noble families, and sworn upon the sacrifices. The part of accuser was taken by Myron. They were found guilty of the sacrilege, and their bodies were cast out of their graves and their race banished for evermore. In view of this expiation, Epimenides the Cretan performed a purification of the city....
The Anti-Slavery Crusade, A Chronicle of the Gathering Stormby Jesse MacyCONTENTSI. INTRODUCTIONII. THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE CRUSADEIII. EARLY CRUSADERSIV. THE TURNING-POINTV. THE VINDICATION OF LIBERTYVI. THE SLAVERY ISSUE IN POLITICSVII. THE PASSING OF THE WHIG PARTYVIII. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROADIX. BOOKS AS ANTI-SLAVERY WEAPONSX. "BLEEDING KANSAS"XI. CHARLES SUMNERXII. KANSAS AND BUCHANANXIII. THE SUPREME COURT IN POLITICSXIV. JOHN BROWNBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE...
蓝梓与芥末 “站住!不要跑……” “抓住他,抓小偷……” “站住――” 傍晚的城市,传来没有多少营养的呼喊声,蓝梓背着他那破旧的小书包,奔跑在夕阳下的街道间,身后是呼喊与追赶的人们。 跑过小巷、跑过街道、跑过落日下的浮桥,大概十一二岁的孩子有着一张显得稚气的娃娃脸,蓬乱的头发,涨得通红的脸上汗珠挥洒着,由帆布制成的小书包在背后飞舞着,他抱着怀里的东西,没命地穿过了一拨拨的行人。一九九二年的中国南方小城,街道不宽却也并不拥挤,自行车、三轮、卡车或者拖拉机都有,四周的建筑都带着一股泥土般的陈旧感,并不美观,却很踏实,来来往往的人看着这互相追赶的人们,有的人也想要伸手帮忙拦截,但孩子却都仿佛泥鳅一般灵活地躲过去了。...
他是她一生的骄傲 有一个人,才十八岁,在念护校。 那年,因为车祸,父母不幸逝去,她不得不辍学并努力赚钱供养她念高中的弟弟。学费实在太贵了。她弟弟不想读,跑去建筑工地当小工挑石灰桶。她找到弟弟,打了他,拉着弟弟到父母坟头跪了一天。她问弟弟是否还记得父母的遗愿?弟弟抹着泪说记得。弟弟回了学校读书。她在社会上苦着,因为没有文凭,又乏工作经验,收入极为菲薄,仅够应付姐弟俩最起码的生活开销。她就瞒着弟弟去做了小姐,但每次去学校看望弟弟时总不忘洗尽脂粉,让自己清清爽爽。 弟弟考上了大学,每年光学费就要一万多,钱真经不住花,它们是妖怪,会吸人的血。她不得不更为拼命,赚来的钱除留下一部分生活必需外,全寄给弟弟。她不想弟弟在学校被人瞧不起。...
75 ADANTONY83?-30 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenANTONYTHE grandfather of Antony was the famous pleader, whom Marius put to death for having taken part with Sylla. His father was Antony, surnamed of Crete, not very famous or distinguished in public life, but a worthy good man, and particularly remarkable for his liberality, as may appear from a single example. He was not very rich, and was for that reason checked in the exercise of his good nature
·庸医杀人,良医杀? 在一百六十年前,有一个小孩子在教堂里听讲道,牧师看着这小孩子,发现他很有慧根,特别走过来对他说:「你愿不愿意皈依上帝,然后到远方去传教?」这小孩受这个感召,从此决定了一生的方向,他就是非洲的探险家李文斯顿。在一百一十年前,也是一个少年人,碰到一位中年人跟他讲一段话,也影响了他一生;后来他联合这位中年人一起发动了影响中国近代历史的一个改革——戊戌政变,这小孩就是梁启超。我讲这两个例子告诉大家,请注意,今晚的演讲可能会影响你的一生。 台湾是一个奇怪的地方。被日本人统治了五十年,由于日本的压制,使我们这个岛的人发生一个现象,就是政治欲望被打压,所以要反弹。在一九四五年以后,台湾由国民党统治,带来很多职位,台湾人高兴了,可以满足政治欲望;就是今天看到的一个明显现象,台湾这地区「政治挂帅」,只要有政治气氛就可以炒得很热,为了政治可以花多少...