雙語智慧書·要有高遠(yuǎn)的志向

128．要有高遠(yuǎn)的志向
　　要有高遠(yuǎn)的志向。這是成為高貴人士的必備要素之一。它能激勵(lì)人們追求各種崇高的目標(biāo)，它提升品味，凈化心靈，振奮精神，陶冶情操，讓人更受尊敬。遠(yuǎn)大的志向可以滋養(yǎng)擁有它的人，有時(shí)甚至能挽救厄運(yùn)--命運(yùn)只會(huì)通過打擊人來培養(yǎng)人。即便不能付諸行動(dòng)，雄心壯志也能在人的意志上得以體現(xiàn)，豪爽、慷慨及其他英雄品質(zhì)皆出于此。


128．Highmindedness
　Highmindedness. This is one of the principal qualifications for a gentleman, for it spurs him on to all kinds of nobility. It improves the taste, ennobles the heart, elevates the mind, refines the feelings, and intensifies dignity. It raises him in whom it is found, and at times remedies the bad turns of Fortune, which only raises by striking. It can find full scope in the will when it cannot be exercised in act. Magnanimity, generosity, and all heroic qualities recognize in it their source.