首页
登录
职称英语
A pessimist might argue:why seek to preserve the human species? Should we no
A pessimist might argue:why seek to preserve the human species? Should we no
游客
2025-05-07
19
管理
问题
A pessimist might argue:why seek to preserve the human species? Should we not rather rejoice in the prospect of an end to the immense load of suffering and hate and fear which has hitherto darkened the life of Man? Should we not contemplate with rejoicing anew future for our planet, peaceful at last, sleeping quietly at last after coming to the end of the long nightmare of pain and horror?
To any student of history contemplating the dreadful record of folly and cruelty and misery that has constituted most of human life hitherto, such questions must come in moments of imaginative sympathy. Perhaps our survey may tempt us to acquiesce in an end, however tragic and however final, to a species so incapable of joy.
But the pessimist has only half of the truth and to my mind the less important half. Man has not only the correlative capacities for cruelty and suffering, but also potentialities of greatness and splendor, realized, as yet, very partially, but showing what life might he in a freer and happier world. If Man will allow himself to grow to his full stature, what he may achieve is beyond our present capacity to imagine. Poverty, illness, and loneliness could become rare misfortunes. Reasonable expectation of happiness could dispel the night of fear in which too many now wander lost And with the progress of evolution, what is now the shining genius of an eminent few might become a common posses sion of the many. All this is possible, indeed, probable, in the thousands of centuries that lie before us, if we do not rashly and madly destroy ourselves before we have reached the maturity that should he our goal. No, let us not listen to the pessimist, for, if we do, we are traitors to Man’s future. [br] According to the author, our goal should be______.
选项
答案
mature
解析
本文最后一段的倒数第二句“before we have reached the maturity that should be our goal”,说明作者认为我们的目标是成熟的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4066257.html
相关试题推荐
Hundredsofspeciesofmarinelifemanagetosurviveeveninthedarkestdep
Hundredsofspeciesofmarinelifemanagetosurviveeveninthedarkestdep
(Likeexpected),experimental(studies)showthatweshouldneitherrunnorscre
Someonewhogivesanexpensivegiftoftenfeelsthatheshouldreceivemoreprai
Treesthat______theviewoftheoncomingtrafficshouldbecutdown.A、blockB、
Anytroopofwildanimalsshouldbeapproachedwarily.A、fearlesslyB、confidently
Weshould______withthedoctor’srequest.A、consultB、concealC、consentD、compl
Youshouldberelievingmeofdutyat10:30,butdon’thurryifit’sinconvenie
Criticismwithoutsuggestingareasofimprovementisnot______andshouldbeav
Fromsciencecoursesstudentsshould______ausefulcommandofscienceconcepts
随机试题
Sleepisanimportantpartofourlives.Wespendoutone-thirdofourlive
某水运工程进场了一批公称直径为25mm的HRB400E的钢筋共计40t工程项目试
4.某公路双向双车道隧道,长1825m,埋深90m,在隧道进洞300m后,遇有一
患者女性,31岁。测体温39℃,医嘱即刻肌内注射复方氨基比林2ml。护士执行此项
A.山药、茯苓B.人参、山药C.砂仁、薏苡仁D.山药、薏苡仁E.茯苓、白术完带汤
某小学四(3)班语文老师要求学生用“如果……就……只能……”的句式来谈谈自己的理
血厥实证,治法宜选A.顺气、降逆、开郁 B.行气化痰 C.补气、回阳、醒神
A.暖宫调经 B.健脾补肾,调经止带 C.解郁调经 D.舒肝清热,健脾养血
有效接地系统变电所,其接地网的接地电阻公式为R≤2000/Ig,下列对R的表述中
A.不存在 B. C.1/56 D.
最新回复
(
0
)