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拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生:随笔·摘录 50

拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生《随笔》· Essays · 行动 · 健康 · 哲学

We cannot part with our friend. We cannot let our angels go. We do not see that they only go out, that archangels may come in. We are idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to rival or recreate that beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again. We cannot again find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, "Up and onward forevermore!" We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the new; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16643
定位:Excerpt 50 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

我们舍不得朋友,放不走自己的天使,却没看见他们离开,正是为了让大天使进来。我们崇拜旧东西,不相信灵魂的丰富、它本身的永恒和无所不在;不相信今天有力量媲美或再造美好的昨天。我们赖在旧帐篷的废墟里,那里曾有面包、庇护和风琴,却不信精神能再次喂养、遮盖、鼓舞我们。我们找不到同样亲爱、甜蜜、优雅的东西,就坐着空哭。全能者的声音说:“起来,永远向前!”我们不能停在废墟中,却也不肯依靠新的,于是像那些回头看的怪物,永远眼睛朝后。

上下文

爱默生《随笔集·补偿》结尾部分,批评人对过去和失去之物的执迷,呼吁向前。

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今日一问

你正赖在哪个“旧帐篷的废墟”里,不肯让新的东西进来?

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