在倫敦聞名世界的威斯敏斯特大教堂地下室的墓碑林中,有一塊名揚世界的墓碑。
其實(shí)這只是一塊很普通的墓碑,粗糙的花崗石質(zhì)地,造型也很一般。同周?chē)切┵|(zhì)地上乘、做工優(yōu)良的亨利三世到喬治二世等二十多位英國前國王的墓碑;以及牛頓、達爾文、狄更斯等名人的墓碑比較起來(lái),它顯得微不足道、不值一提。并且,它沒(méi)有姓名,沒(méi)有生卒年月,甚至上面連墓主的介紹文字也沒(méi)有。
但是,就是這樣一塊無(wú)名氏的墓碑,卻名揚全球。每一個(gè)來(lái)到威斯敏斯特大教堂的人,可以不去拜謁那些曾經(jīng)顯赫一世的英國前國王,可以不去拜謁狄更斯、達爾文等世界名人,但卻不能不來(lái)拜謁這一塊普通的墓碑。他們都被這塊墓碑深深地震撼著(zhù),準確地說(shuō),他們被這塊墓碑上的碑文深深地震撼著(zhù)。在這塊墓碑上,刻著(zhù)這樣的一段話(huà):
WhenI was young and free and my imagination had no limits,Idreamed ofchanging the world.
As I grew older and wiser, Idiscovered the world would notchange, so I shortened my sightssomewhat and decided to change onlymy country. But it, too, seemedimmovable.
As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt,Isettled for changing only my family, those closest to me, butalas,they would have none of it.
And now, as I lie on my death bed, I su
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