The girl on the hill made Mark think of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Perhaps it was because of the way she was standing there in the afternoon sun, her dandelion-hued hair dancing in

If procrastination isn’t about laziness, then what is it about?Erik WinkowskiCreditBy Charlotte LiebermanMarch 25, 2019Leer en españolIf you’ve ever put off an important task by, say, alphabetizing your spice drawer,

Theodore RooseveltApril 10th, 1899In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the West, men of the State which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men who pre-eminently and distinctly embody

诸位，你们是西方最伟大城市之子，是诞生了林肯和格兰特的国家之子，是美国性格中最具美国特色的杰出象征，我想谈的不是苟且偷安的人生哲学，而是艰苦生活的道理——艰苦奋斗，力争上游，不甘居人下；我想谈那种最崇高的成就，即贪图安逸之辈与之无缘，而不畏艰险、不避劳苦、夺取辉煌胜利之士才能取得的那种成就。苟且偷安的人生，源于缺乏追寻崇高的欲望或能力；大到国家，小到个人，苟且偷安都是不名一文的作为。每一位自尊自爱的美国人对自己、对儿子都会有所期许，我向诸位提出的要求，就是把这种期许提升到整个美利坚民族。在座的诸位，有谁会教导儿子把苟且偷安当作人生目标？你们芝加哥人铸就了这座伟大城市，你们伊利诺伊州人竭尽所能，付出百分之两百的努力，为美国做出巨大贡献，因为你们的言传身教都不是那种苟且偷安。你们不仅自己努力，还养育下一代再接再厉。如果你是富人，

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