美即是真What Makes Me Feel Big（1/2）

Read the article quickly and ahe follog questions.

1. Why does the author feel nt sly as that agast forces which ake n and won afraid to speak out fhtly?

2. What are the nstant staers to author’s d and spirit.?

“My d is big when I look at you and talk to you.”Chief Eagle of the Pawnees said to Gee Bird Grnell when, after years of absehat noble writer appeared at his friend’s tepee.

It is very difficultdrag up a credo to be severely ho about oneself, to avoid all traditional t. We actually believewhat we vae ost. Outside of the reals of ality and property, eargpublierally pretend not to notice, I believeand draw nourishnt fro whatever akes “feel big”.

I believea Supre Power, unknowable and ipersonal, whose handiwork the soul-enrgg firant decres. However, I believequestiongs, doubtgs, searchgs, skepticis, and I discredit credulity or bld faith. The progress of an is based on disbelief of the only aepted. Theds and natures of huan history have thought and sung, lived and died, tryg to budge the stat quo towards a rger and fuller stat. I a staed by a beliefevotion—the creasg purpose of lifewhich the rational is, with geological slowness, evolvg out of the irrational. To believe that goodness and wisdo and righteoness,Garden of Eden perfee. This is a long view. I do not pretend that it is a view alresent. It does raisewhen I have it, however.

I feel nt sly as that agast forces which ake n and won afraid to speak out fhtly. Thesatisfa I have iswitnessg the up ovent of suppressed dividuals and people. I ake no preteo havg rid yself of all prejudices, but at tis when I have disvered yself freed fro certa prejudices, I have felt rare exhiration.

For , the beautiful residesthe physical, but it is spiritual. I have never heard a seron as spiritualeither phrase or fact as.

“Waters on a starry night are beautiful and free.”

No hyn lifts y heart higher than thecall of the bobwhite or the long ftg cry of sandhill es out of the sky at dk. I have never slled sea church as refg to the spirit as a sprg breeze den with aroa fro a field of bebons. Not all hard truths are beautiful. But“beauty is truth”. It rporates love and is rporated by love. It is the goal of all great art. Its presence everywhere akes it free to all. It is not so abstract as jtice, but beauty and tellectual freedo and jtice, all rp truth and goodness, are nstant staers to y d and spirit.

在离开朋友波尼族印第安人首领雄鹰的兽皮帐篷几年后，作家乔治·伯德·格林又回到那里。这位首领对他高尚的朋友说：“凝视着你，与你交谈，让我感到心胸宽广。”

我们很难为自己拟出一个既能严格遵守又能避免传统教条的信念。事实上，我们最为珍视的东西便是我们的信仰。除了人们在公共场合总会假装视而不见的俗念与财产之外，所有能让我胸怀宽广的都是我的信仰，它们是我力量的源泉。

我相信有一种至高无上且无法控制的未知力量，它的创造，宣告了灵魂拥有无限伸展的空间。然而，我也相信询问、质疑、探索与怀疑，但拒绝轻信或盲从的信仰。人类的进步是基于对普遍接受的质疑。人类历史上，拥有最高尚思想的人们曾经思考过、歌唱过、生活过，最终离去，他们也曾努力扩展并充实现状。我始终相信进化论，即生活目的在不断增加，而其中从非理性到理性的进化时间就像地质变化一样漫长。我相信，伊甸园中完美的善良、智慧与正义就在遥远的前方，给予我希望，并或多或少地解释了生存的意义。这是一个长远的观点。我不会假装认为，自己始终拥有这样的观点。然而，当我拥有它时，我的灵魂的确得到了升华。

使人不敢坦诚言论的势力，是我最为憎恨的。当看到受压迫的个人与民族奋起反抗时，我便会心生敬慕，感到满足。我并不伪称自己已经摒弃了所有的偏见，但有时当我发现自己摆脱了某些偏见时，我就会狂喜不已。

我认为，美虽然存在于肉体，却属于精神。我从未听说过，有哪句布道词能从言辞或事实上表现出这样的精神美：

“夜晚繁星点点，湖水自由**漾。”

北美鸠清晨的鸣唱或黄昏时天空中沙丘鹤笛鸣般的长吟，是任何赞美诗都无法媲美的。柔和的春风中弥漫着田野间矢车菊的芳香，让我的灵魂也更加高尚，这是教堂中任何焚香都无法比拟的。并非所有坚定的真理都是美好的，但“美即是真”。所有伟大的艺术都追求这样的目标，即美融合爱，也被爱所融合。它无处不在，唾手可得。它不像正义那样抽象，但美、心智的自由及正义，都和真与善融合，这便是我的思想与精神的永恒支柱。

当一个人真正理解美、心智的自由和正义的时候，他就会感受到美与善，这几个方面既相互融合又相互促进。需要用心去好好体会。

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