在我看來(lái)，這種關(guān)于人性及命運(yùn)的更老的觀念似乎比任何形式的現(xiàn)代烏托邦主義更現(xiàn)實(shí)，更符合既成事實(shí)。

　　主禱文教導(dǎo)我們要乞求上帝保佑，不被誘惑引入歧途，原因非常清楚，如果誘惑太大或延續(xù)太久，大多數(shù)人就會(huì)屈服。也許我們無(wú)力設(shè)計(jì)一種完美的社會(huì)秩序，但我相信我們完全可以將危險(xiǎn)的誘惑減少到遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)低于目前可忍受的程度。

　　A society so arranged that there shall be a minimum of dangerous temptations--this is the end towards which,as a citizen,I have to strive.In my efforts to that end,I can make use of a great variety of means.Do good ends justify the use of intrinsically bad means?

　　On the level of theory,the point can be argued indefinitely.In practice,meanwhile,I find that the means employed invariably determine the nature of the end achieved.Indeed,as Mahatma Gandhi was never tired of insisting,the means are the end in its preliminary stages.

　　構(gòu)建一個(gè)能將危險(xiǎn)的誘惑最小化的社會(huì)是我作為一個(gè)公民奮斗的目標(biāo)。在為之奮斗的過程中，我可以采用各種方式，然而目標(biāo)正確就可以采用實(shí)質(zhì)上不正當(dāng)?shù)氖侄伍_脫嗎?

　　在理論層面上，這一點(diǎn)可以廣泛討論;在實(shí)踐中，我同時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)，采用的手段決定目標(biāo)的性質(zhì)，無(wú)一例外。確實(shí)正如馬哈特瑪·甘地不厭其煩地堅(jiān)持的那樣，手段是目標(biāo)的初始階段。

　　Men have put forth enoumous efforts to make their world a better place to live in;but except in regard to gadgets,plumbing and hygiene,their sussess has been pathetically small."hell,"as the proverb has it,"is paved with good intentions."And so long as we go on trying to realize our ideals by bad or merely inappropriate means,our good intentions will come to the same bad ends.In this consists the tragedy and the irony of history.

　　Can I,as an individual,do anything to make future history a little less tragic and less ironic than history past and present?

　　I believe I can.As a citizen,I can use all my intelligence and all my good will to develop political means that shall be of the same kind and quality as the ideal ends which I am trying to achieve.And as a person,as a psychophysical roganism,I can learn how to get out of the way,so that the divine source of my life and consciousness can come out of eclipse and shine through me.

　　人們千方百計(jì)將這個(gè)世界建成更美好的家園，但除了小器械，管道安裝和衛(wèi)生之外，他們的成就少得可憐。“地獄”正如一句諺語(yǔ)所說“是由善意鋪就的”。只要我們繼續(xù)試圖以卑劣或僅僅不當(dāng)?shù)氖侄螌?shí)現(xiàn)理想，我們的善意將同樣釀出惡果，構(gòu)成歷史的悲劇和諷刺。

　　作為個(gè)人，我能盡全力使未來(lái)不像過去和現(xiàn)在那么富有悲劇和諷刺意味嗎?

　　我相信，我能。作為公民，我能以我全部的智慧和全部的善意，運(yùn)用與我為之奮斗的理想同種同質(zhì)的政治手段。作為一個(gè)人，一種具備身心的有機(jī)體，我能學(xué)會(huì)如何擺脫自負(fù)，這樣賦予我生命和意識(shí)的神的光芒就能驅(qū)散陰影，照亮我全身。