“We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and that which came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. That is what we mean by progress.”
— Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
「我们在有生之年的生活与工作方式应该是,让获得的种子可在下个世代成为花朵,让获得的花朵成为下一代的果实,那就是我们所谓的进步。」– 亨利·毕杰 (传教士)
blossom (n.) 花朵。例:The cherry tree is covered in blossom. (树上布满著樱花。)
亨利‧毕杰 (1813-1887) 为美国 19 世纪中的公理会传教士,参与女性投票、反黑奴的社会运动。他是位极具魅力的演说家,受到马克吐温及当时美国总统林肯的肯定。