Katherine's Wonderland 12 --- Education

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A Liberal Education

《开明教育》

作者：托· 亨 · 赫胥黎

Yet it is a very plain and elementary truth, that the life, the fortune, and the happiness of every one of us, and more or less, of those who are connected with us, do depend upon our knowing something of the rules of a game infinitely more difficult and complicated than chess.

不过有个非常浅显基本的道理：外贸每个人，或多或少还有和我们有联系的那些人，大家的生活、运气和幸福，确实取决于我们对于一场游戏规则的认识，它比起国际象棋的规则要困难复杂千万倍。

It is a game which has been played for untold ages, every man and woman of us being one of the two players in a game of his or her own.

古往今来，世世代代都在玩这场游戏，我们每个男女都是他的或她的人生游戏中的两位棋手中的一位。

The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature.

棋盘便是这个世界，棋子便是宇宙万象，游戏规则便是我们所说的自然法则。

The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or the makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.

对面的棋手是隐而不现的。我们知道他的走法总是公平公正而且有耐心。可是我们付出代价后才知道，对手绝不忽略一着错棋，或是由于我们无知而放过我们半步。

To the man who plays well, the highest stakes are paid, with that sort of overflowing generosity with which the strong shows delight in strength. And one who plays ill is checkmated – without haste, but without remorse.

对于善于对弈的人而言，最高的赌注已经赢下，对手显得慷慨，那是强者乐于看到力量时的表现。不懂得对一的人则将死——不慌不忙，可是毫不留情。