Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith.
Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles. Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman.
It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste, a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind, a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life—these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge; they are the objects of a University.
I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them; but still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness, and they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate, to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them.
Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and in the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.
Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk, then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the passion and the pride of man.
知識是一回事，美德是另一回事。好意並非良心，優雅並非謙讓，廣博與公正的觀點也並非信仰。哲學，無論多麼富有啓迪和深奧莫測，都無法駕馭情感，不具備有影響力的動機，不具有導致生動活潑的原理。文科教育並不造就基督教徒抑或天主教徒，而是造就了紳士。造就一個紳士誠爲美事。有教養的才智，優雅的情趣，正直、公正而冷靜的頭腦，高貴而彬彬有禮的舉止--這些是與淵博的學識生來固有的品質, 它也是大學教育的目的。對此我提倡之，並將加以闡釋和堅持。然而我要說的是，它們仍然不能確保聖潔，或甚至不能保證誠實。它們可以附庸於世故的俗人，附庸於玩世不恭的浪子。唉，當他們用它僞裝起來時，就更增加了他們外表上的冷靜、快活和魅力。就其本身而言，它們似乎已遠非其本來面目，它們似乎一遠看的.美德，經久久細察方可探知。因此它們受到廣泛的責難，指責其虛飾與僞善。我要強調，這絕非是因爲其自身有什麼過錯，而是因爲教授們和讚美者們一味地把它們弄得面目全非，並且還要殷勤地獻上其本身並不希冀的讚頌。如若用剃刀就可以開採出花崗岩，用絲線即能繫泊位船隻，那麼，也許你才能希望用人的知識和理性這樣美妙而優雅的東西去與人類的情感與高傲那樣的龐然大物進行抗爭。
Virtu 美德,優點;貞操
Kindness is but one of his virtues.
善良僅是他的美德之一.
"Patience is a virtue" is an old saying.
"忍耐是美德"是句古老的諺語.
conscience 良心
I got nothing to hide. My conscience is clear.
我沒有什麼隱瞞的。我問心無愧.
refinement 精緻,高尚,精巧
a person of great refinement
溫文爾雅的人
profound 極深的,深奧的,深厚的
Her parents' divorce had a profound effect on her life.
她父母的離異對她的生活有很深的影響.
He was in a state of profound shock.
他深受震驚.
It's a profound book.
那是一本深奧的書.
vivify .賦予生命，使有生氣,使生氣勃勃
candid 忠實的,率直的,坦誠的
To be candid, I don't like your hairstyle.
坦率地說,我不喜歡你的髮式.
courteous 有禮貌的
A hostess should be courteous to her guests.
女主人應該待客殷勤
It was very courteous of you to send my mother a thank-you note.
你寄謝函給我母親真周到.
bearing 舉止
She is a girl of noble bearing.
她是一個舉止端莊的姑娘.
connatural 先天的,固有的,同性質的
sanctity 神聖,尊嚴,聖潔
conscientiousness 責任心
profligate 放蕩的,不檢點的,浪費的
in the long run 從長遠看來(歸根到底,結局,最後,結果)
Real ability will win in the long run.
真正的才能最終會使人獲得成功的.
It pays in the long run to buy goods of high quality.
買優質產品終歸是合算的.
You may make good grades by studying only before examinations,but you will succeed in the long run by studying hard every day.
你考試前纔看書也許會取得好成績,不過你若每天努力學習最終定會成功.
officious 多管閒事的,非官方的
We were tired of being pushed around by officious civil servants.
我們厭惡那些把我們支來支去的公務員.
quarry 採石場,獵獲物,出處
razor 剃刀
vessel 船,容器,脈管
keen 鋒利的,敏銳的,強烈的
