青年論
美國馬克威博士斯密士學士同著
馬斯二氏同著之The True Citizon.坊間已有譯本。顧舛晦不可讀。 茲擇原書之第二篇The Youth.重譯之。並錄原文於下方。以其命意遣詞。均親切可味也。
譯者識
第一過渡時期
格言
吳滋物司曰。兒童者成人之根基也。
齊思斐特曰。凡當為之事宜善為之。
耶馬遜曰。能罔汝。使汝功敗垂成者。唯汝躬耳。
斯塔蔔槐特曰。徒馳騁乎溝中。其生有涯。
坡蔔曰。教育之轉移人心。正如枝之隨幹。壹唯所響。
方童子漸長而為青年也。已與交遊。二者均應竭力戒慎。內杜邪念之滋生。外屏惡習之重染。庶免夭閼其上達耳。
The True Citizen.
By W.F.Markwick, D.D. and W.A.Smith, A.B.
Ⅱ.The Youth.
The First Transition Period.
Memhry Gems.
The child is father of the man.—Wrodsworth.
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. —Chesterfield.
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself. —Emerson.
A man cannot live a broad life if he runs only in one groove. —J.Staples. White.
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.—Pope.
As the child grows into the youth the utmost care should beexercised, both by himself and by his friends, to prevent thedwarfing of his prospects by evil influences arising either fromwithin or from without himself.