第27章 每日皆奇迹 1（第1页）
第27章每日皆奇迹（1）
TheDailyMiracle
阿诺德·贝内特Ar
“Yes，he’sohosementhatdon’tknowhowtomanage。Goodsituatiularieenoughforluxuriesaswellasreallyextravagahefellow’salwaysindifficulties。Somehowhegetsnothingoutofhismoflat—halfempty！Alwayslooksasifhe'dhadthebrokersi—oldhat！Magie—baggytrousers！Asksyoutlass—badmutton，orTurkishcoffee—crackedcup！Hederstaionsimplyisthathefrittershisineaway。WishIhadthehalfofit！I'dshowhim—”
Sowehavemostofuscriticised，atoher，inoursuperior>
Wearenearlyallcellorsoftheexchequer：itistheprideofthemoment。Neersarefullofarticlesexplaininghowtoliveonsud-suchasumaiclesprovokeadencewhosevioleeresttheyexcite。Readailyan，abattleragedrouioherawomaheL85ayear。Ihaveseenanessay，“HowtoliveoshilliIhaveneverseenanessay，“Howtoliveoy-fourhoursaday。”Yetithasbeensaidthattimeismoproverbuhecase。Timeisagreatdealmorethanmoney。Ifyouhavetimeyouoney—usually。ButthoughyouhavethewealthofaattendaonHotel，youotbuyyourselfamihahecatbythefirehas。
Philosophershaveexplaiheyhavenotexplaiheinexplicablerawmaterial。ossible；withoutit，nothing。Thesupplyoftimeistrulyadailymiraaffairgeonishingwheno。Youinthem，andyicallyfilledwithtwenty-fourhoursoftheunmaissueoftheuniverseofyourlife！Itisyours。Itisthemostpreciousofpossessions。Ahighlysingularodity，showereduponyouinamannerassingularastheodityitself！
Forremark！akeitfromyou。Itisunstealable。Andnoohermoreorlessthanyoureceive。
Talkaboutanidealdemotherealmoftimethereisnoaristocracyofwealth，andnoaristocratelleiusisneverrewardedbyeverahouraday。Andthereisnopueyourinfinitelypreodityasmuchasyouwill，andthesupplywillhheldfromyou。Momysteriouspowerwillsay：—“Thismanisafool，ifnotakdeservetime；heshallbecutoffatthemeter。”Itismorethansols，aofiaffectedbySundays。Moreover，youotdrawoure。Impossibletogeti！Youlyassi。Youotwastetomorrow；itiskeptforyou。Youotwastethehour；itiskeptforyou。
Isaidtheaffairwasamiracle。Isitnot？
Youhavetoliveoy-fourhoursofdailytime。Outofityouhavetospih，pleasure，mo，respedtheevolutionofyourimmortalshtuse，itsmosteffectiveuse，isamatterofthehighesturgenactuality。Alldependsonthat。Yourhappiheelusiveprizethatyouareallgfor，myfriehat。Straheneers，sandup-to-dateastheyare，arenotfullof“Howtoliveonagiveime”insteadof“Howtoliveonagiveninoneyisfaroime。Whes，omoabouttheohieheearthingrossheaps。