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CHAPTER 2
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‘Know thyself’ was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, ‘Be thyself’ shall be written. And the message of Christ to man was simply ‘Be thyself.’ That is the secret of Christ.
When Jesus talks about the poor he simply means personalities1, just as when he talks about the rich he simply means people who have not developed their personalities. Jesus moved in a community that allowed the accumulation of private property just as ours does, and the gospel that he preached was not that in such a community it is an advantage for a man to live on scanty3, unwholesome food, to wear ragged5, unwholesome clothes, to sleep in horrid6, unwholesome dwellings7, and a disadvantage for a man to live under healthy, pleasant, and decent conditions. Such a view would have been wrong there and then, and would, of course, be still p. 24more wrong now and in England; for as man moves northward8 the material necessities of life become of more vital importance, and our society is infinitely9 more complex, and displays far greater extremes of luxury and pauperism10 than any society of the antique world. What Jesus meant, was this. He said to man, ‘You have a wonderful personality. Develop it. Be yourself. Don’t imagine that your perfection lies in accumulating or possessing external things. Your affection is inside of you. If only you could realise that, you would not want to be rich. Ordinary riches can be stolen from a man. Real riches cannot. In the treasury-house of your soul, there are infinitely precious things, that may not be taken from you. And so, try to so shape your life that external things will not harm you. And try also to get rid of personal property. It involves
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personalities
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n. 诽谤,(对某人容貌、性格等所进行的)人身攻击; 人身攻击;人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 ) | |
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expended
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annihilates
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n.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的名词复数 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃v.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的第三人称单数 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃 | |
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abolition
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conformity
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bribing
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remarkable
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vt.组织,安排,筹办 | |
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dignified
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machinery
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tragic
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monotonous
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sanitary
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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civilisation
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organisation
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dictate
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v.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令 | |
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stereotyped
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degenerates
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衰退,堕落,退化( degenerate的第三人称单数 ) | |
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ignoble
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adj.不光彩的,卑鄙的;可耻的 | |
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craftsman
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n.技工,精于一门工艺的匠人 | |
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adj.不道德的,淫荡的,荒淫的,有伤风化的 | |
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corrupting
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(使)败坏( corrupt的现在分词 ); (使)腐化; 引起(计算机文件等的)错误; 破坏 | |
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contemptible
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speculative
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psychology
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disintegrating
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oblivious
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immorality
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