If ambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition — wealth, distinction, control over one’s destiny — must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition’s behalf. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, it must be widely shared; and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them.
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如果要正確看待雄心壯志的話,那么它帶來的回報——財富、聲譽、對自己命運的掌控——則應(yīng)該被認為是值得人們?yōu)閷崿F(xiàn)抱負而做出犧牲的。如果雄心壯志的傳統(tǒng)要繼續(xù)保持活力,那么它就應(yīng)該受到廣泛的推崇,尤其應(yīng)該受到那些受人仰慕的人們的高度重視,而那些受過教育的人更應(yīng)包括在內(nèi)。
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翻譯:如果要正確看待終身學(xué)習(xí)的話,那么它帶來的回報——財富、品格、世界觀——則應(yīng)該被認為是值得人們?yōu)榕Χ龀鰻奚摹?