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| タイトル | ： 第25回 |
| 投稿日 | ： 2004/03/06(Sat) 18:08 |
| 投稿者 | ： 惣田正明 <vem13077@nifty.ne.jp> |
第25回テキスト
---はじめ---
One, he said, of which I could not expect easily to convince
others. For let me tell you, Socrates, that when a man thinks
himself to be near death, fears and cares enter into his mind
which he never had before; the tales of a world below and the
punishment which is exacted there of deeds done here were
once a laughing matter to him, but now he is tormented with
the thought that they may be true: either from the weakness
of age, or because he is now drawing nearer to that other
place, he has a clearer view of these things; suspicions and
alarms crowd thickly upon him, and he begins to reflect and
consider what wrongs he has done to others. And when he finds
that the sum of his transgressions is great he will many a
time like a child start up in his sleep for fear, and he is
filled with dark forebodings. But to him who is conscious of
no sin, sweet hope, as Pindar charmingly says, is the kind
nurse of his age:
Hope, he says, cherishes the soul of him who lives in justice
and holiness and is the nurse of his age and the companion of
his journey; --hope which is mightiest to sway the restless
soul of man.
---終わり---