A Forestry1 Commissioner2 had just felled a giant tree when, seeing an honest man approaching, he dropped his axe3 and fled. The next day when he cautiously returned to get his axe, he found the following lines pencilled on the stump4:
“What nature reared by centuries of toil5, A scalawag in half a day can spoil; An equal fate for him may Heaven provide — Damned in the moment of his tallest pride.”
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1 forestry | |
n.森林学;林业 | |
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2 commissioner | |
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员 | |
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3 axe | |
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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4 stump | |
n.残株,烟蒂,讲演台;v.砍断,蹒跚而走 | |
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5 toil | |
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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