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通信地址 邮 编 第二十届韩素音青年翻译奖竞赛参赛原文英译汉部分：Philosophyvs.Emerson(Excerpt)“HEis,”saidMatthewArnoldofEmerson,“thefriendandaiderofthosewhowouldliveinthespirit.”Thesewell-knownwordsareperhapsthebestexpressionofthesomewhatvagueyetpowerfulandinspiringeffectofEmerson,scourageousbutdisjointedphilosophy.DescendedfromalonglineofNewEnglandministers,Emerson,findinghimselffetteredbyeventhemostliberalministryofhisday,gentlyyetaudaciouslysteppeddownfromthepulpitand,withlittleornomodificationinhisinterestsorutterances,becamethegreatestlaypreacherofhistime.Fromthedaysofhisundergraduateessayupon“ThePresentStateofEthicalPhilosophy”hecontinuedtobepreoccupiedwithmattersofconduct:whatevertheobjectofhisattention—anancientpoet,afactinscience,oraneventinthemorningnewspaper—hecontrivestoextractfromitalessonwhichinhisringing,glisteningstylehedriveshomeasanexhortationtoahigherandmoreindependentlife.Historically,EmersonmarksoneofthelargestreactionsagainsttheCalvinismofhisancestors.Thatsterncreedhadtaughtthedepravityofman,theimpossibilityofanatural,unaidedgrowthtowardperfection,andthenecessityofconstantandanxiousefforttowintheunmeritedrewardofbeingnumberedamongtheelect.Emersonstartswiththeassumptionthattheindividual,ifhecanonlycomeintopossessionofhisnaturalexcellence,isthemostgodlikeofcreatures.InsteadofbelievingwiththeCalvinistthatasamangrowsbetterhebecomesmoreunlikehisnaturalself(andthereforecanbecomebetteronlybyanactofdivinemercy),Emersonbelievesthatasamangrowsinexcellencehebecomesmorelikehisnaturalself.Itiscommontoheartheexpression,whenoneisdeeplystirred,asbysublimemusicoramovingdiscourse:“Thatfairlyliftedmeoutofmyself.”Emersonwouldhavesaidthatsuchinfluencesliftusintoourselves.
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