We do not choose to be born.We do not choose our parents.We do not choose our historical epoch,the country of our birth,or the way in which we aare brought up.We do not,most of us,choose to die;nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.But within all this realm of lack of choice,we must choose how we shall live;courageously or in cowardice,honorably or dishonorably,with purpose or in drifty.
我们不能选择出生,我们不能选择父母。我们不能选择时代,不能选择国籍和生长环境。我们大部分人不能选择死亡,不能选择死亡的时间和条件。但是在这个缺乏选择余地的王国里,我们必须选择怎样生活,是勇于面对还是胆怯退缩,是自尊自强还是苟且偷生,是胸怀目标还是随波逐流。