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Bede sees without any starryeyed sentimentality what could overcome the deep mistrust of the pagan kings when asked to abandon their traditional gods. According to the most touching speech in Bede' s entire history, the clinching moment of persuasion for one noble was nothing more than a gambler' s bet. It seems to me, my Lord, the present life of men here on earth is as though a sparrow in winter time should come to a house and very swiftly fly through it, entering at one window and straight away passing out through another, while you sit at dinner with your captains in a hall made warm with a great fire, while outside there are the raging tempests of winter rain and snow. For that short time it be within the house, the bird feels no smart of the winter storm, but soon passes again from winter back to winter and escapes your sight. So the life of man here appears for a little season, but what follows or what has gone before, that surely we do not know. Wherefore, if this new learning has brought us any certainty, methinks it is worthy to be followed. |
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bǐ dé zǒng néng lǐ zhì dì sī kǎo, rú hé cái néng chú qù yì jiào guó wáng shēn mái xīn zhōng de yí lǜ, ràng tā men néng gòu bìng qì chuán tǒng de shén zhī. gēn jù bǐ dé yǎn jiǎng shǐ shàng zuì dòng rén xīn xián de yī chǎng yǎn shuō, duì yú yí gè guì zú ér yán, zuì cuì ruò de shí kè mò guò yú tā dǔ shàng zì jǐ de qián shēn hòu shì zhī shí. bì xià, zài wǒ kàn lái, yí ge rén xiàn shì de shēng huó, jiù hǎo sì yì zhī má què, zài lóng dōng jìn rù yī jiān nuǎn wū, zhuǎn shùn zhī jiān biàn chuān táng ér guò. cóng yī shàn chuāng zhōng jìn rù, zì lìng yī shàn fēi chū, dāng nǐ zài cǐ, hé nǐ de bù xià men wéi huǒ ér zuò, jǐn xiǎng měi shí, ér wài miàn què zhí yán dōng, kuáng fēng dà zuò yǔ xuě jiāo jiā, zài zhè fáng zhōng duǎn cù de shí jiān nèi, niǎo duì chuāng wài de hán dōng háo wú yù jǐng, dàn hěn kuài dì biàn huì fēi chū. cóng yán hán zhōng lái, wǎng yán hán zhōng qù, tuō lí nǐ de shì xiàn. rén de yī shēng yě bù guò zhuǎn shùn, ér wǒ men cóng nǎ lǐ lái, zuì zhōng yào dào nǎ lǐ qù, wǒ men wú cóng dé zhī. yīn cǐ, ruò zhè dào lǐ yǒu rèn hé qǐ fā zuò yòng, zài wǒ kàn lái dōu shì zhí de zūn cóng de. |