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,
7 {, H9 G4 b- Y% O　　there is one thing in which you and I are
　　just alike,at this moment, and in all the moments
　　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,
　　ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal.
　　We are gaining something, or losing something, every day.
. O" Y7 J2 C$ ?　　Even when our position and our character seem to
　　remain precisely the same, they are changing.
) R4 K) \8 S; V! d' ?+ c+ }6 w　　For the mere advance of time is a change.
! `6 K" ^% r! a- P2 G  A5 c　　It is not the same thing to have a bare field
　　in January and in July. The season makes the difference.
　　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
) U0 ]6 X6 b5 Z　　is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward.
　　The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is
　　just as real as the action of the positive pole.
　　To decline is to accept — the other alternative.
6 c% _( @# r  f2 C. @3 ^　　Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday?
8 G, K# s/ c" v) H& O& M1 `　　Yes, — you must be a little nearer to some port or other;
/ R$ o$ l0 b) Y/ d+ ~0 A% W　　for since your ship was first launched upon
7 b9 w$ g6 z( I5 K% {7 u　　the sea of life you have never been still
　　for a single moment; the sea is too deep,
　　you could not find an anchorage if you would;
　　there can be no pause until you come into port.

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