青春英语美文：人在旅途

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青春英语美文：人在旅途

　　Wherever you are, and whoever you may be,
　　there is one thing in which you and I are
　　just alike,at this moment, and in all the moments
　　of our existence.We are not at rest;
　　we are on a journey. Our life is not a mere fact;
　　it is a movement, a tendency, a steady,
( x* _! T/ ^6 D' }& S+ r' o　　ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal.
2 J8 K2 t; ~4 g2 t* {4 h& O/ m　　We are gaining something, or losing something, every day.
( T0 R5 }( Y9 _5 S: H. j- w' L: ~( E　　Even when our position and our character seem to
( q5 I" Z2 G& J  U/ W' D2 Z* I; W　　remain precisely the same, they are changing.
! a% a) R" w7 ~& f/ }　　For the mere advance of time is a change.
　　It is not the same thing to have a bare field
　　in January and in July. The season makes the difference.
* j$ n* d, ^4 M4 b( R/ C. ^' S7 k　　The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish
　　in the man.Everything that we do is a step
2 ^( N2 P' N# m8 k. C/ d' N　　in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something
　　is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward.
　　The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is
5 c7 p9 b: D5 _8 c　　just as real as the action of the positive pole.
　　To decline is to accept — the other alternative.
. Z' l! f, Q7 A# U9 O- I# b  _　　Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday?
　　Yes, — you must be a little nearer to some port or other;
　　for since your ship was first launched upon
　　the sea of life you have never been still
. S, Y4 Q% N; G! M. T, H$ C　　for a single moment; the sea is too deep,
　　you could not find an anchorage if you would;
3 W1 S/ p- \4 X8 F9 m3 {; K　　there can be no pause until you come into port.
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