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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 527
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
It was on Bok's fiftieth birthday that Kipling sent him a copy of "If." Bok had greatly admired this poem, but knowing Kipling's distaste for writing out his own work, he had resisted the strong desire to ask him for a copy of it. It is significant of the author's remarkable memory that he wrote it, as he said, "from memory," years after its publication, and yet a comparison of the copy with the printed form, corrected by Kipling, fails to discover the difference of a single word.
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定位:Additional excerpt 527 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
博克五十岁生日时,吉卜林送他一份手写的《如果》。博克很喜欢这首诗,但知道吉卜林讨厌抄写自己的作品,所以一直没开口要。吉卜林说自己是“凭记忆”写的,多年后默写出来,和印刷版对照,竟一字不差。这既显示惊人记忆力,也说明真正的重视体现在愿意为对方破例。你可以学的是:对珍视的人,偶尔打破自己的习惯,用行动表达心意。
上下文
博克与吉卜林多年通信,吉卜林很少手抄自己的诗,这次破例为博克生日而写。
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你愿意为谁破一次自己的例?
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