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亨利·戴维·梭罗：瓦尔登湖·摘录 119
亨利·戴维·梭罗《瓦尔登湖》· Walden · 认知 · 领导 · 历史 · 健康
There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dulness. I need only suggest what kind of sermons are still listened to in the most enlightened countries. There are such words as joy and sorrow, but they are only the burden of a psalm, sung with a nasal twang, while we believe in the ordinary and mean. We think that we can change our clothes only. It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first-rate power. We do not believe that a tide rises and falls behind every man which can float the British Empire like a chip, if he should ever harbor it in his mind. Who knows what sort of seventeen-year locust will next come out of the ground? The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.
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定位：Excerpt 119 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
世界上不断涌入新奇事物，可我们却容忍难以置信的沉闷。我只需提提最开明的国家里人们还在听什么样的布道。有“欢乐”和“悲伤”这样的词，但它们只是赞美诗的重负，用鼻音唱出，而我们相信的是平庸和卑贱。我们以为只能换换衣服。据说大英帝国庞大可敬，美国是一流强国。我们不相信每个人身后都有潮起潮落，只要他愿意在脑中容纳，就能像托起一片木屑一样托起大英帝国。谁知道下一次从地里钻出来的是哪种十七年蝉？我所生活的世界的政府，不像英国政府那样是在饭后饮酒闲聊中构建的。
上下文
梭罗在《瓦尔登湖》中批评社会对平庸的容忍，强调个人内在力量。
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你生活中哪一件“大家都这样”的沉闷事，其实你可以选择不忍受？
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