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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$ ?* e' n6 x  X/ t/ e　　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
( O5 y) X, s6 B* c2 _! `* z　　of our existence.We are not at rest;
　　we are on a journey. Our life is not a mere fact;
$ ^. T- ^6 X4 d8 P) s　　it is a movement, a tendency, a steady,
1 q9 ~4 p+ n: k- r% V　　ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal.
　　We are gaining something, or losing something, every day.
　　Even when our position and our character seem to
' Q3 ?  F" l$ T3 D　　remain precisely the same, they are changing.
1 d& V. o0 }* \" M# Z. v* D0 S　　For the mere advance of time is a change.
' S- d: s$ B# u　　It is not the same thing to have a bare field
+ b2 U; \2 c, q- u% v% Y　　in January and in July. The season makes the difference.
　　The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish
6 V) N. I. v7 E1 y1 ~4 ~/ Y4 I　　in the man.Everything that we do is a step
　　in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something
　　is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward.
4 }: P( _4 R8 u$ D2 \7 n　　The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is
/ {8 x/ D* A8 ~" Z* N( F/ F6 b6 f　　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?
　　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
　　for a single moment; the sea is too deep,
3 r6 f# }' R* t$ e. J- o* [　　you could not find an anchorage if you would;
　　there can be no pause until you come into port.
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