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the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go.'

此時腦子糾纏住了某種東西又不肯松手。"

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It is useless to argue with the mind in this condition.

在這種情況下，你和頭腦爭吵讓它松手是無濟于事的。

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The stronger the will, the more futile the task.

這種意志越是強烈，這種嘗試越是徒勞。

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One can only gently insinuate something else into its convulsive grasp.

你只能緩和而巧妙地讓另一種東西進入痙攣僵持的頭腦中。

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And if this something else is rightly chosen,

如果選得合適，

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if it is really attended by the illumination of another field of interest,

而且的確受到別的領域的情趣的啟迪，

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gradually, and often quite swiftly,

那么漸漸地，往往也是很順利地，

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the old undue grip relaxes and the process of recuperation and repair begins.

原先不適當的緊張就會松弛下來，恢復和修整的過程就會開始。

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The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of the first importance to a public man.

因此，對一個從事社會活動的人來說，培養一種業余愛好和各種新的興趣是頭等重要的作法。

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But this is not a business that can be undertaken in a day or swiftly improvised by a mere command of the will.

但這并非一日之功，也不是單憑意志一蹴而就的事。

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The growth of alternative mental interests is a long process.

精神上多種情趣的培養是一個長期的過程。

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The seeds must be carefully chosen; they must fall on good ground;

那就必然從精選良種做起，然后將其植入肥沃的土地，

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they must be sedulously tended, if the vivifying fruits are to be at hand when needed.

要想在需要的時候可隨手摘取充滿生機的果實，還需要勤勉地護理。

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To be really happy and really safe,

一個人要想真正感到幸福和平安

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one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.

至少應有兩三種愛好，而且都比較實際。

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It is no use starting late in life to say:

年老的時候說

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'I will take an interest in this or that.'

我會對這個或那個發生興趣。

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Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort.

這種愿望只能加劇精神緊張。

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A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work,

一個人可能會獲得與其日常工作無關的某些課題的淵博知識，

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and yet get hardly any benefit or relief.

而沒有從中得到什么實益或寬慰。

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It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.

干你所喜歡的事是沒有用的，你得喜歡你所干的事。

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Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death,

勞累至死的人、

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those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death.

憂慮至死的人、無聊至死的人。

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It is no use offering the manual labourer, tired out with a hard week's sweat and effort,

對于流汗出力干了一周苦活的體力勞動者來說，是不合適的；

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the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon.

讓他們在星期六下午再踢足球或打壘球

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It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or business man,

同樣也是無益的，對于政界人士、專業技術人員、商人來說，

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who has beenworking or worrying about serious things for six days,

為嚴肅的公務操勞或煩惱了6天的

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to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend.

在周末再讓他們為瑣事而動腦子和憂慮。

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As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want,

至于那些能任意支配一切的可憐的人"，

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who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire----

他們能夠恣意妄為，能染指一切追求的目標。