震撼全世界的一段碑文，很多人後悔沒有早點看到
在倫敦聞名世界的威斯敏斯特大教堂地下室的墓碑林中，有一塊名揚世界的墓碑。
其實這只是一塊很普通的墓碑，粗糙的花崗石質地，造型也很一般，同周圍那些質地上乘、做工優良的亨利三世到喬治二世等二十多位英國前國王墓碑，
以及牛頓、達爾文、狄更斯等名人的墓碑比較起來，它顯得微不足道，不值一提。
並且它沒有姓名，沒有生卒年月，甚至上面連墓主的介紹文字也沒有。
但是，就是這樣一塊無名氏墓碑，卻成為名揚全球的著名墓碑。
每一個到過威斯特敏斯特大教堂的人，他們可以不去拜謁那些曾經顯赫一世的英國前國王們，可以不去拜謁那諸如狄更斯、達爾文等世界名人們。
但他們卻沒有人不來拜謁這一塊普通的墓碑，他們都被這塊墓碑深深地震撼著，準確地說，他們被這塊墓碑上的碑文深深地震撼著。
在這塊墓碑上，刻著這樣的一段話：
When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,I dreamed of changing theworld.
As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country. But it, too, seemed immovable.
As I grewinto my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.
And now, as Ilie on my death bed, I suddenly realize:
If I had only changed myself first, then by example I would have changed my family.
From their in spiration and encouragement, I would then have been able to better my country,and who knows, I may have even changed the world.
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