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    3/11/2007

    A beautiful gift

    如獲至寶
     
    昨天同事送我一本Charles Dickens的英文原版《A Tale of Two Cities》,很是歡喜。4.99英鎊只能表示小說載體的價格,而載體上的文字卻是Soul級的,不可計量。至此,原版小說收集至4本,其中一本已閱完(Cold Mountain,經典)。always pushed by work,但仍要抽出時間閱讀,豐富自己,使自己站在一個高度,站的高自然看的遠,生活不至消極。我雖學工程,但一向對文史哲很感興趣,時常聽文科朋友談古論今,很是過癮。家中藏有中文版的歐洲史(已通篇閱讀)、中國通史等,頗感自豪。想一直生活在這樣的世界里,做我想做的,沒有任何顧慮,能一直這樣么?不能。所以只能珍惜。
     
    幾天前看了一下央視鬧得火熱的《大國崛起》,12集草草看了一遍。總體感覺,制作人在做這個片子最開始的時候已經就有立場了,而且非常明確,與我希望的客觀中立略有些差距。不過節目內容還是很精彩的,值得推薦一看。我個人比較喜歡英法德的那4集(英國2集),主要講文化思想科學對為歐洲帶來的進步,很是鼓舞人心。看到法國大革命那集的時候,很感慨,巴士底獄的崩潰似乎給法國人帶來了一縷曙光,但沖動和過火永遠會帶來負面的效應。到了最后,運動完全背離了大革命"平等、自由、博愛"的初衷,我忽然想到了《雙城記》中講述Sydney Carton的一個情節:第二十三個!可憐的Carton,為自己深愛的人能留在她所愛的人身邊,不惜獻出自己的生命。Personal tragedy, whole country's tragedy!
     

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