I once knew someone who spent a year in a plaster cast recovering from an operation on his back. He read a lot, and thought a lot, and felt miserable. Later, he realised this time of forced retreat fr

May we not cherish this sentiment without presumption when we refect on the characters by which this war is distinguished? 难道只有在怀疑使得这场战争非同寻常的因素时，我们才能骄傲地将这份情感珍藏吗？ It was not declared on the part of the

Third, that thou shall have reverence. 第三，诸位应心存尊敬。 This one was unexpected because I started the year as an agnostic, 这是个意外的体会。因为我刚开始是一个不可知论者， and by the end of the year, I became what a friend of min

I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction. In high school I took a bus to school an hour each way every day. And I was always absorbed in a book, science fiction book, which took my mind to other

For how many people are there in London today who realise that my “co-partner,” as you wittily dub her, is none other than Hermione Baddeley, and by the way, she wants me to thank you for the facsimil