It made me think, then and later, about other matters to which this incident was related. It helped me realize that there is no sense in my attempting ever to flee from circumstances and conditions which cannot be avoided but which I might bravely meet and frequently mend and often turn to good account. I know that half the battle is won if I can face trouble with courage, disappointment with spirit, and triumph with humility. It has become ever clearer to me that danger is far from disaster, that defeat may be the forerunner of final victory, and that, in the last analysis, all achievement is perilously fragile unless based on enduring principles of moral conduct.

古希腊时期有两个人不可忽视，一个是柏拉图的老师苏格拉底（Socrates）——他穷其一生，以高超的语言技巧传授真理、以执着的信念追求真理，最终为真理而献身。另外一个是希腊修辞学鼻祖之一高尔吉亚（Gorgias）的弟子和传人伊索克拉底（Isocrates）——他首先提出修辞作为一种艺术，与智育和德育水平密切相关（博主把它称之为Trinity of speeches, intellectual education and moral education）;一段好的言说必须具有——场合恰当、风格相适和表达匠心——这三种特征，不仅如此，在他名著Rhetorica ad Alexandrum特别提出修辞教育当是最重要的科目之一，并且摒弃了先前风靡一时的“私塾”式“技术中心主义”教育模式，以包含着德智教育的更广泛的课程取而代之。（配图：Socrates(left),Isocrates(right)）

#Esmee的词汇笔记# Day 39
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340. 道德沦丧：
moral bankruptcy

341. Not least：尤其

342. 在美国总统当中独树一帜：
put him in a class of his own among US presidents

343. first-past-the-post voting：
最高票者当选，简单多数票当选

344. the electoral college
[由美国各州人民选出的代表组成的〕总统选举团；〔其他国家的〕领袖选举团

345. Founder: vi. 失败

346. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(尤指儿童的）注意力缺乏多动症

347. Antidepressants 抗抑郁药

anti-epileptics 抗癫痫药

anti-diabetics 抗糖尿病药

348. Andrology: 男科学

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