Jack London Credo
London'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.
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(shuō)集時(shí)引用了“杰克·倫敦的信條”：
我寧愿是燃燒過(guò)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(guò)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(zhǎng)壽命.
但,我會(huì)用盡生命中的每一秒.
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來(lái)源：維基百科網(wǎng)（英文原版）