不幸に対する合理的な備え
* dispel (v):追い散らす;払いのける * apprehensive (adj.):気遣い,心配;理解する * intestate (adj.):無遺言で * slavish (adj.):奴隷根性の;卑屈な |
Pt.2 Education of Character - Chap. 4: FearAbove all, if you wish to dispel fear in your children, be fearless yourself. If you are afraid of thunder-storms the child will catch your fear the first time he hears thunder in your presence. If you express a dread of social revolution, the child will feel a fright all the greater for not knowing what you are talking about. If you are apprehensive about illness, so will your child be. Life is full of perils, but the wise man ignores those that are inevitable, and acts prudently but without emotion as regards those that can be avoided. You cannot avoid dying, but you can avoid dying intestate ; therefore make your will, and forget that you are mortal. Rational provision against misfortune is a totally different thing from fear ; it is a part of wisdom, whereas all fear is slavish. If you can not avoid feeling fears, try to prevent your child from suspecting them. Above all, give him that wide outlook and that multiplicity of vivid interests that will prevent him, in later life, from brooding upon possibilities of personal misfortune. Only so can you make him a free citizen of the universe. |
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