英国威斯敏斯特教堂墓碑上的话

英国威斯敏斯特教堂墓碑上的话英国威斯敏斯特教堂墓碑上的话：

在我年轻的时候

我曾梦想改变这个世界

可当我成熟以后

我发现我不能够改变这个世界

于是我将目光缩短一些

那就只改变我的国家吧

可当我到了暮年的时候

我发现我根本没有能力改变我的国家

于是我最后的愿望仅仅是改变我的家庭

可是这也是不可能的

当我躺在床上行将就木的时候

我突然意识到：

如果当初我仅仅是从改变自己开始也许我就能改变我的家庭

在家人的帮助和鼓励下

也许我就能为我的国家做一些事情然后，谁知道呢？

说不定我能改变这个世界！

------摘自《北京青年》

英文原文为：

When I

was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of

changing the world.

As i grew

older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change,so I

shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my

country.

But it,

too, seemed immovable.

As I grew

into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled

for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they

would have none of it.

And now

as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize: If I had only changed

my self first, then by example I would have changed my family.

From

their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have been able to

better my country and, who knows, I may have even changed the

world.