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有些事不必太认真TheImportangThingsBadly
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A.WilliamswasblaedatCambridge.AfterWorldWarIheservedasadeimes.Williamswroteseveralbooksourypoetryanddrama，publishedwidelyinjournalsandmagazines，andpublishedsofhisowhefollowiappearedinLondon'sTheOutlookin1923.
&hegreatestthreattoprodubothlayisthefearofdoingthingsbadly.Thisartiefort.ointsoutthattherearemanythingswbadly，andthatourlivesareenridourpersonalitieseheseactivities.Tles，sportsandmusic，arevaluabletomostpeopleinproportioicallytheydothem，ratherthanhowwell.
CharlesLambwroteaseriesofessaysuponpopularfallacies.Idonot，atthemoment，carrythemverymymemory;but，ureacherousservantmisleadsmemoreeventhansheusuallydoes，hedidnotwriteofonepieceofproverbialso-calledwisdomthathasalwaysseemedtometobepeculiarlypernidthissaw，thisscrapofspeciousadvice，thisuntruthmasqueradingaslogiethatIremembertohavehadhurledatmyheadatfrequentintervalsfrommyearliestyhtuptomypresentadvancedage.HowmanytimeshaveIhat“Ifathingiswatall，itiswwell”
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&hereamoreuntruthfulwordspokeheworldisfullofthingsthatarew，butlynwell.WasitasageasHerbertSpencerwhosaidtotheyoungmanwhohadjustbeatenhimatbilliards，“Moderateskill，sir，isthesignofagoodeyeandasteadyhand，butskillsuchasyuesayouthmisspent?”
Isahplayingsupremelyristantpradappli?
AgainsttheprofessionalplayerIsaynothing;heisapublitertaiher，andbyhisskillinhisparticularsportheatleastfulfillsthefirstsocialdutyofman—thathimselfandhisfamilybyhisoweexertions.Butwhatistobesaidofthecrackamateur?Tomeheseemsoptibleofmankind.Heeardevoteshimself，forthemereselfishpleasureofthething，tosomegame，whichheplaysdayindayout;hebreaksdowarydistiheamateurandtheprofessiouallyhisskilldesertshim，andheleavesbehindhimnothingthatisofservicetohisfellowmen—notabrihed，en，notevenafamilysupportedaedbyhislabor.
Itistruethathehasprovidedeforaumberofpersons，buthehashepluithimselftothetestbywhichwedemaertainershouldjustifyhischoiceofag—thedemonstratiohatthepubliciswillingtopayhimforhise.And，whenhisdayisover，whatisleft，heworld，buttohimself?Nothingbutaisatotten，orisrememberedbystoutgentlemeninclubs.
Theplayiainly，isathingwhiwell.
Butthatdoesisnatall，astheproverbwould，byimpli，persuadeus.Thereisnreeableandsalutarythanplayingagamewhielikes，aangitbadlyihepleasureofeeofahemanwhomihewinsissman—whichobservatioheruleitimpliesisseldomobserved，andparativelyfewpeoplereallyplaygamesforthesheereheplaying.Isthisheprevalendpopularityofhandicaps?Whyshouldweexpecttobegivenpoibethatiherthanourownskill?
“Ah!but，”
myreadermaysay，“thelayerwantstoretsihemaygivethestroergame.”
Really，Idohatisso.Possible，sometimes，astrongandvaingloriousplayermaywishtogivepoints，ihisviaybethemoreIdonotthihisisthetrueexplanation.That，Isuspect，wasgiveherdaybythesecretaryofalawour，inwhichIplayed.“Whyallthisnonsenseofhandicaps?Whyusbesquarelybeaten，a?”
Iaskedhi“Because，”
Hereplied，“ifwedidnotgivehandieofthelessgoodplayerswouldehatnotathatthemajorityofushavebothrealizedthetruevaluedoingatrivialthingbadly，foritsownsake，andmustneedshaveourmindsbuoyedaoafalsesenseofexce?
&isnotonlysusicallytrivialthingsasgamesthatarewbadly.Thisisatruthwhich，oddlyefreelyofsomethings—butnotofothers—andasathingwhichwearequitettodowillletmeiing.Ag，atitsbest，beagreatart，athingwsupremelywell，thoughitsworth，likethatofalliivearts，islessesevaworksimediumofhumanfleshandblood，ahattheactorcreate—forwhatretativeartistisreallyacreativeartistwinaperishablemedium—isanimpressionupoihtarousedin，themindsofanaudiendisincapableofrecord.
Ag，thee—thoughIhaveochedeversobrieflytheproofofmybelief—beagreatart.Butisaerredfromtakingpartiricalsbythesideratioaotabitofit!AlynisohingsaboutwhichIamwritihethingsthatarewbadly.
Ahingismusic;butheretheproverbialfallaexertsitspower，asitdoesnot，forsomeobsdunreasoningdisation，inag.Mostpeopleseemtothinkthatiftheyg，orplaythepiano，fiddle，orsackbut，admirablywell，theymustnotdoahingsatall.Thattheyshouldnotindisatelyforcetheirinferiorperformahepubliupontheiraces，Iadmit.Butthatthereishehome”
forinferiormusianuntruththatIflatlydeny.
Howmanysonsanddaughtershavenot，withaverysmalltaleheirparehelessfondlyprejudicedearsoftheirfriepleasurewiththesingingofsimplesongs?Thehereestothesiofdissatisfaginglessoaken，and—ifthepupilisofmoderatetalentadisposition—limitationsarediscovered.Andthen，inoften，thesingingisdropped，likeahotpenny.Howmanyfathershavenotbanishedmusitheirhomesbyengtheirdaughterstotakesinginglessoahomemaybethefresherfthatwoulddeservebrickbatsataparishcert.
Imaypauseheretohecuriousexthatpeoplewhoanyatbepersuadedtosinginthedrawing-room，oreveh，willwithouthesitationuplifttheirtunelessviousmeetingsorinchurch.Thereisaperfectlygoodandhoionofthis，Ibelieve，butitbelongstotherealmofmetaphysidisbeyoscope.
Thiscursedbelief，thatifathingiswatall，itiswwell，isthecauseofagreatimpoverishmentinourprivatelife，andalso，tosomeextent，ofthelofstandardsinourpubliclife.Forthisteofproverbialfaithhastwoeffealltalents:itleadsmodestpersonshematall，apersoodosotoomudtoforcethemselvesuponthepublic.Itleadstothedecayandofthekeepingofdiaries，and，assurely，itleadstothepublioirsashouldremaihewriters'desks.
ItleadsMr.Blanknottowriteversesatall—whichhemightverywelldo，forthesakeofhisoiness，andfortheamusementofhisfriends—anditleadsMissDashtopestertheoverworkededitorsofvariousjournalswithherunsuccessfulimitationsofMr.delaMare，Mr.Yeats，andDr.Bridges.Theresultisthatournationalartistiowsuffersfromtwogreatneeds:Aracticeofthearts，andahigher，moreexclusive，professionalstandard.Untiltheseareachievedweshallhebestoutofoursouls.
&his，Iceive，thatthereisformostofusohing—beyond，ofcourse，ourdutiesofshipandourpersonaldutiesassons，orhusbands，hters，orwives，ormothers—thatiswwell—thatistosay，withally.Thatohiing，oritmaybemakingsteam-engines，bricks.Butafterthattherearehuhingsthatarewbadly，withonlyparty，forthesakeoftherelaxatius，aswhichtheygiveuswithourminds.Andtheslahis，asohehappier，themoreted，themracious，willourlandbe.
Thereareeven，Imaintain，thingsthatareierdohanwell.siderfishing，whereone'swholepleasureisoftenspoiledbyhavingtokillafish.Now，ifonetrivealwaystotrytocatchafish，aodoso，o—Butthatisaory.
威廉姆斯生于英格兰，在剑桥受过教育。
第一次世界大战后，他成为伦敦《泰晤士报》的一名记者。
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