A treatise on Good Worksby Dr. Martin Luthertogether with theLetter of Dedicationby Dr. Martin Luther, 1520INTRODUCTION1. The Occasion of the Work. Luther did not impose himself asreformer upon the Church. In the course of a conscientiousperformance of the duties of his office, to which he had beenregularly and divinely called, and without any urging on hispart, he attained to this position by inward necessity. In 1515...
前 言美国社会注重高校知名度,它是判断高校好坏的主要标准之一,耶鲁大学作为美国的顶级学府,迄今为止培养出了5位的美国总统、近20位诺贝尔奖获得者、以及众多的著名企业和其他社会名流。在美国的大学里,一般都拥有众多的学生团体,耶鲁大学与其他美国大学一样,拥有众多学生社团,“骷髅会”——这个耶鲁校内的秘密精英组织,存在了170多年。与学校中其他会团不同,“骷髅会”不参与校内或社会上的任何公开活动,始终保持着沉默的姿态。每年只招15人。它的成员广泛分布于美国的政治、司法、情报、经济等领域,他们的影子无所不在,他们的权力几乎超越了政党,他们的成员中不乏总统、最高大法官这样的角色,像现任美国总统布什和他的竞选对手克里就都是“骷髅会”的成员。...
Andreessen发现,他与比尔·盖茨一样,也在新闻界频频露面。在两年间,每家主要新闻和商业杂志都对他进行了采访报道。他曾荣登《Time》周刊的封面,稳坐于黄金宝座。高科技界的预言家George Gilder断言,Andreessen是全世界最supercalifragilisticexpealidotious①的人。《财富(福布斯)》杂志上的一篇文章称Andreessen是“下一个比尔·盖茨”。¢ 快乐的搞恶作剧的人在一定程度上受无拘无束的技术副总裁(后来Netscape被AOL收购,Andereessen成为AOL的技术副总裁)的激励,AOL开始充当快乐的搞恶作剧的人。AOL是另一家凶悍的与微软竞争的公司。对于Windows 95的发布,该公司卑躬屈膝地表示“欢迎”。(这一绝招有显著的历史先例:Steve Jobs在1981年策划的故意屈尊的新闻广告“欢迎”IBM进入微型计算机领域。今天,Apple和由AOL拥有的Netscape均在各自的市场占有4%的份额。正如Marx说过的:历史重演了。)Netscape始终显示着...
形容用力的时候,人们总爱说使出了吃奶的力气。吃奶究竟是怎么用力的我早就没有印象了,反正现在我用的力气肯定比小时候吃奶要大得多,甚至比举重、比拔河还费劲。没有时间了。今天已经十号,距五月还有二十天。当一个人一生中最重要的日子只剩下二十天却有数不清的事情在等着去做的时候,谁都得玩儿命。要不先歇会儿吧?不用。我又使劲吸了口气,能感到一滴汗水正顺着脖子根淌到了胸前的乳沟里。早上特意没吃饭,就怕胃被撑大。为了与生俱来的婴儿肥,我忍辱负重糟蹋自己,经常饿得头晕眼花。最近更是变本加厉,不仅一日三餐减为两顿,还毅然取消了主食。早上在浴室称的时候明明已经瘦了1.5公斤,可是,当我在试穿这件名为“真情无限”的婚纱时,拉链却怎么也拉不上去。...
La Constantinby Alexandre Dumas, PereCHAPTER IBefore beginning our story, we must warn the reader that it will not be worth his while to make researches among contemporary or other records as to the personage whose name it bears. For in truth neither Marie Leroux, widow of Jacques Constantin, nor her accomplice, Claude Perregaud, was of sufficient importance to find a place on any list of great criminals, although it is certain that they were guilty of the crimes with which they were charged.
答应马大光的求婚时,汪晓妃正沉浸在一种前所未有的失意中不能自拔,这种感觉可以用“无家可归”来形容。红颜薄命,这是从十三岁就开始困扰汪晓妃的问题,那时候她那双注定要鹤立鸡群的长腿已经初具规模了。像她的闺中密友钟玉婕一样,汪晓妃从那些连篇累牍的言情电视剧中顺手牵羊牵来了一群青春偶像,养在心灵的羊圈里。少女朦胧的择偶标准也在十三岁那年确定了下来。既然电视剧里的女主人公都能整天不工作,惟一的职业就是在家呆着谈谈恋爱、发发脾气、做做家务,那么一点也不比她们逊色的她,一生也应该这样设计。而那个主宰她一生幸福的人,也应该是完美无缺、专为她而度身订做的,他要有企业家的经济实力,外交家的口才,还要有艺术家的风度。...
Under Western Eyesby Joseph Conrad"I would take liberty from any handas a hungry man would snatch a piece of bread."Miss HALDINPART FIRSTTo begin with I wish to disclaim the possession of those highgifts of imagination and expression which would have enabled mypen to create for the reader the personality of the man whocalled himself, after the Russian custom, Cyril son ofIsidorKirylo Sidorovitch-Razumov,...
THE HISTORY OF WHITTINGTONDICK WHITTINGTON was a very little boy when hisfather and mother died; so little, indeed, that he neverknew them, nor the place where he was born. Hestrolled about the country as ragged as a colt, till he metwith a wagoner who was going to London, and who gavehim leave to walk all the way by the side of his wagonwithout paying anything for his passage. This pleasedlittle Whittington very much, as he wanted to see London...