青年论
美国马克威博士斯密士学士同著
马斯二氏同著之The True Citizon.坊间已有译本。顾舛晦不可读。 兹择原书之第二篇The Youth.重译之。并录原文于下方。以其命意遣词。均亲切可味也。
译者识
第一过渡时期
格言
吴滋物司曰。儿童者成人之根基也。
齐思斐特曰。凡当为之事宜善为之。
耶马逊曰。能罔汝。使汝功败垂成者。唯汝躬耳。
斯塔卜槐特曰。徒驰骋乎沟中。其生有涯。
坡卜曰。教育之转移人心。正如枝之随干。壹唯所响。
方童子渐长而为青年也。已与交游。二者均应竭力戒慎。内杜邪念之滋生。外屏恶习之重染。庶免夭阏其上达耳。
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.