第1章 意犹未尽的思念 (1) The Endless Missing 本杰明·富兰克林致赫伯德小姐 Benjamin Franklin to Miss E.Hubbard 本杰明·富兰克林(1706—1790),美国著名的政治家、社会活动家、科学家、发明家。作为政治家,在美国和世界历史上,他与许多重要事件有关。他在北美独立战争中起了重大作用,是美国的创建人之一,参与起草了《独立宣言》和美国宪法。 本篇是富兰克林在弟弟约翰逝世之后,写给约翰第二任妻子与前夫所生的女儿赫伯德小姐的信。 I dole with you. We have lost a most dear and valuable relation. But it is the will of God ahese mortal bodies be laid aside,when the soul is to enter real life. This is rather aate,a preparati. A man is ely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve,that a new child is b the immortals,a o their happy society? irits. That bodies should be lent to us,while they afford us pleasure,assist us in ag kn good to our fellow creatures,is a ki act of God. When they bee unfit for these purposes,and afford us pain instead of pleasure,instead of an aid bee an enswer he iions for which they were...