ALEXANDER356-323 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenIT being my purpose to write the lives of Alexander the king, and of Caesar, by whom Pompey was destroyed, the multitude of their great actions affords so large a field that I were to blame if I should not by way of apology forewarn my reader that I have chosen rather to epitomize the most celebrated parts of their story, than to insist at large on every particular circumstance of it. It must be borne in
永恒之井(待续)作者:理查德·A.纳克魔兽的历史背景魔兽的历史背景在人类与兽人爆发战争的一万年前,艾泽拉斯世界只有一块被无边的海洋包围的巨大陆地,这片大陆被称为卡利姆多。许多不同的种族和生物在这片土地上生存,与恶劣的自然环境作斗争。在这块黑暗的大陆中心是一片充满神秘能量的湖泊,这片湖泊——它后来被称为永恒之井——是整个世界的魔法和自然能量的源泉,在从这个世界以外无边的黑暗中汲取能量的同时,永恒之井向整个世界源源不断地释放它的能量,为世界上形形色色的生物提供营养。不知从什么时候开始,一个由在夜间行动的人型生物组成的原始部落谨慎地在这片迷人的湖泊旁定居了下来,这些野生、游牧的人型生物被永恒之井的神秘能量吸引,在湖边修建了简易的住房。天长日久,永恒之井的和谐能量对这个奇怪的部落产生了影响,使他们变得强壮、聪明,并且几乎成为了不死之身。这个部落的名字叫卡多雷,意思是“众星...
The Same being frequently applied to the present State and Affairs of Ireland.London, Printed for N. Brooke, at the Angel in Cornhill, 1662.by William Petty1662The PrefaceYoung and vain persons, though perhaps they marry not primarily and onely on purpose to get Children, much less to get such as may be fit for some one particular vocation; yet having Children, they dispose of them as well as they can according to their respective inclinations: Even so, although I wrote these sheets but to rid
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of theUnited Statesby Edmund G. RossPREFACE.Little is now known to the general public of the history of the attempt to remove President Andrew Johnson in 1868, on his impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial by the Senate for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors in office, or of the causes that led to it. Yet it was one of the most important and critical events, involving possibly the gravest consequences, in the entire histor
带着苦涩、骄傲和希望,俄罗斯人走过了20世纪。 在这个世纪里,世界上许多国家都经历了剧烈动荡、革命和战争,但却没有一个大国像俄罗斯这样在近100多年的时间里如此频繁、急剧、病态地变化。早在100年前,自由主义者、马克思主义者和民粹主义者就在争论,俄罗斯是否可能、是否需要建设资本主义;然后,又在试图遵循党的“总路线”或是市场“看不见的手”中,争论社会主义、共产主义、新资本主义的发展道路。现在,已经不再有多余的争论了,我们正在开始从寡头资本主义向国家资本主义前进。 20世纪发生的几乎所有重大历史事件都与俄罗斯有千丝万缕的联系。我们经历了俄罗斯帝国崩溃和苏联解体的痛苦。但是,俄罗斯却以一个伟大的国家、以多民族社会、以一种伟大的文化和欧洲及亚洲许多国家关注的中心存在下来了。这期间俄罗斯所有政党和它们的意识形态都痛苦地承受了这种崩溃和解体。俄罗斯人民又一次站在了十字路口,思考自...
The Book of TeaThe Book of Teaby Kakuzo Okakura1- Page 2-The Book of TeaI. The Cup of HumanityTea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in theeighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the politeamusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion...
人类一思考,上帝就要发笑。看到这句话时,我就想象起那个无所不在的万能的上帝带着满脸轻视的神情嘲笑人类的样子。心里就对他腹诽的不行。人类的思想可能有限可能幼稚可能无聊可能恶劣……可无论怎样也是人类自身产生的东西啊。人只要长了一颗能产生思想并能进行思维运作的大脑,那思想就是人类的权力,凭什么要笑?思想是人类的权力。可是我们有多少时间是自己在思想呢?也有不跟屁的,比如莫言。我前不久看了他的《檀香刑》,没看下去。倒不是说他写的不好。但一个现代人坐在二十一世纪的有着空调暖气的大楼里,却瞪着眼睛看一个世纪以前的事,然后对眼面前的世界漠不关心,总觉得不那么地道。我们的思想也该进化了不是?不能总在现代的空气里呼吸着古时的尘风墓土啊。...