It is sad that praise of China should be confined so exclusively to the toll of lives laid down in this war,of property sacrificed,and endless suffering. It is sadder still for me to see compatriots who, by whatever chance,have,like me,not themselves suffered the worst afflictions,swelling under the showers of vicarious praise,and boasting. The war is not won yet,and present praises are for sacrifices already made and accomplishments already complete.
… In that post-war world which we all so fervently believe will be orderly and peaceful,I like to hope that each will have his due and be accorded the regard,and treated with the respect,appropriate to that station and its significance in the community. But I sometimes doubt whether those who are now so energetically planning and dis... (查看原文)
… Our great philosopher, Chuang Tzu, says: "If the intellectuals are not dead, there will be no end for the great robbers." In the long history of China we have had too many of these intellectuals only too ready to obey corrupt rulers. Great robbers,who have many intellectual followers,can bestow on them the power they crave. If the biggest enemies of humanity to-day had no intellectual following or support,there might have been lesssuffering for mankind now.
What can we expect from the intellectuals of the present and the future? Perhaps the Oxford dons and undergraduates could tell me. I am myself to some extent ruled by the intellectuals who have tried to persuade me to follow this or that "ism,"but my mind is unconquerably my own.So long as I learn to live honourably and rightl... (查看原文)
