鲁滨逊漂流记-纯爱英文馆

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　　My father， a wise and grave man， gave me serious and excellent counsel against what he foresaw was my design　　He called me one morning into his chamber， where he was confined by the gout， and expostulated very warmly with me upon this subject He asked me what reasons more than a mere wandering inclination I had for leaving my father's house and my native country， where I might be well introduced， and had a prospect of raising my for-tunes by application and industry， with a life of ease and pleasure.　He told me it was for men of desperate fortunes on one hand， or of aspiring， superior fortunes on the other， who went abroad upon adventures， to rise by enterprise， and make themselves famous in undertakings of a nature out of the common road; that these things were all either too far above me， or too far below me; that mine was the middle state， or what might be called the upper station of low life， which he had found by long experience was the best state in the world， the most suited to human happiness， not exposed to the miseries and hardships， the lab our and sufferings， of the mechanic part of mankind， and not embarrassed with the pride， luxury， ambition， and envy of the upper part of mankind.　He told me I might judge of the happiness of this state by this one thing， viz.， that this was the state of life which all other people envied; that kings have frequency lamented the miserable consequences of being bom to great things， and wished they had been placed in the middle of the two extremes， between the mean and the great; that the wise man gave his testimony to this as the just standard of true felicity， when he prayed to have nather poverty or riches.　　He bid me observe it， and I should always find， that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind， but that the middle station had the fewest disasters， and was not exposed to so many viassitudes as the higher or lower part of mankind.　Nay， they were not subjected to so many distempers and uneasiness's either of body or mind as those were who， by viaous living， luxury， and extravagances on one hand， or by hard lab our， want of necessaries， and mean or insuffiaent diet on the other hand， bring distempers upon themselves by the natural consequences of their way of living; that the middle station of life was calculated for all kind of virtues and all kind of enjoyments; that peace and plenty were the handmaids of a middle fortune; that temperance， moderation， quietness， health， soaety， all agreeable diversions， and all desirable pleasures， were the blessings attending the middle station of life;　that this way men went silendy and smoothly through the world， and comfortably out of it， not embarrassed with the labours of the hands or of the head， not sold to the life of slavery for daily bread， or harrassed with perplexed arcumstances， which rob the soul of peace， and the body of rest; not enraged with the passion of envy， or secret burning lust of ambition for great things; but in easy circumstances sliding gendy through the world， and sensibly tasting the sweets of living， without the bitter， feeling that they are happy， and learning by every day's experience to know it more sensibly.　　……

作者简介

《鲁滨逊漂流记》主要讲述了为个人通过努力，靠自己的智慧和勇敢战胜困难。情节曲折，采用自述方式，可读性较强。并表现了当时追求冒险，倡导个人奋斗的社会风气。《鲁滨逊漂流记》中的主人公鲁滨孙也成为与困难抗争的典型模范，因此他被视作英国小说的开创者之一。

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