The day of my departure comes near. I have a thousand things to do, yet I sit here idle, thinking useless thoughts, the irrelevant, rebellious thoughts that well-regulated people never think, the thoughts that one hopes to banish by work, but that themselves banish work instead. How I envy those who always believe what they believe, who are not troubled by deadness and indifference to all that makes the framework of their lives. I have had the ambition to be of some use in the world, to achieve something notable, to give mankind new hopes. And now that the opportunity is near, it all seems dust and ashes. As I look into the future, my disillusioned gaze sees only strife and still more strife, rasping cruelty, tyranny, terror and slavish submission. The men of my dreams, erect, fearless and... (查看原文)
The prospect filled me with horror,but what filled me with even more horror was the fact that the anticipation of carnage was delightful to something like ninety per cent of the population. I had to revise my views on human nature.
I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the War persuaded me that it is a rare exception. I had supposed that most people liked money better than almost anything else, but I discovered that they liked destruction even better. I had supposed that intellectuals frequently loved truth, but I found here again that not ten per cent of them prefer truth to popularity. (查看原文)
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0 有用 泰勒斯 2018-01-14 11:56:43
第二卷的书信比第一卷更为琐碎，可读性不强。
0 有用 贝加尔湖畔 2023-03-16 17:38:15 浙江
信件部分过多，中国部分还不错
0 有用 williamhsu 2012-05-23 18:10:56
在月光下游泳，或者在露珠的草地上赤足奔跑…..
0 有用 Joan 2023-10-01 21:45:29 韩国
继续，不过这本会读慢些。中译貌似比上一本要好些；不知道关键部分会不会有删改。
1 有用 巴普洛夫的狗 2013-08-12 22:11:46
为什么要夹杂着这么多信呢？自恋的表现？