杰克·倫敦的信條 杰克·倫敦的遺稿保管人,Irving Shepard（歐文·謝帕德）在介紹1956年出版的倫敦小說集時(shí)引用了“杰克·倫敦的信條”： 我寧愿是燃燒過后的灰燼也不愿為地上的灰塵! 我寧愿讓點(diǎn)點(diǎn)星火猛烈燃燒殆盡也不愿任其干腐. 我寧愿做一閃而過的流星,讓每一點(diǎn)碎片都擦出火光,也不愿做死寂的恒星. 人的職責(zé)是生活,而不是存在. 我不會(huì)浪費(fèi)時(shí)間試圖延長壽命. 但,我會(huì)用盡生命中的每一秒. Jack London CredoLondon's literary executor, Irving Shepard, quoted a "Jack London Credo" in an introduction to a 1956 collection of London stories: I would rather be ashes than dust!I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.The function of man is to live, not to exist.I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.I shall use my time.