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To live fully in mind he must have intellectual recreations,
为了充分地活在头脑中，他必须有智力上的消遣，
and must surround himself with all the objects of art and beauty he is capable of using and appreciating.
必须让自己被所有能够使用和欣赏的艺术和美感所包围。
To live fully in soul, man must have love; and love is denied expression by poverty.
而对灵魂而言，只有爱的滋润才能让它得到满足：然而，面对贫穷，爱只能望而却步。
A man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves;
赠人玫瑰，手有余香。一个人最大的幸福莫过于为所爱之人奉献自我:
love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving.
爱最自然、最自然的表现是给予。
The man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man.
一个一无所有的人又如何去履行自已作为丈夫、父亲以及公民的义务呢?
It is in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul.
只有有了充足的物质基础，我们才能满足身体的渴求，才能尽情释放自我，让生活的画卷变得缤纷多彩。
It is therefore of supreme importance to him that he should be rich.
因此，财富的重要性是其他任何事物都无法比拟的。
It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich; if you are a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so.
最正确的事情莫过于渴望成为富翁，这种渴望植根于人性深处，普通如你我，谁都无法抑制渴望成为大富翁的热情。
It is perfectly right that you should give your best attention to the Science of Getting Rich,
如果你愿意将所有的精力全都投入到致富当中，那我要说，你-一定是个相当睿智的人，
for it is the noblest and most necessary of all studies.
因为这不仅是最高尚的事业，也是保证所有学习顺利开展的前提。
If you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty to yourself, to God and humanity;
假如，你不慎忘记了它，那我只能说，你失职了。
for you can render to God and humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself.
无论是面对社会，还是仅仅对你个人而言，你都未能完成自己作为“人”所应尽的义务。
Chapter Two There is A Science of Getting Rich
第二章 人人都可以掌握的致富科学
THERE is a Science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic.
在这个世界上，有一门科学，名叫致富的科学，就像数学里的代数和算法。
There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches;
在获得财富的过程中，有一些特定的法则;
once these laws are leamed and obeyed by any man, he will get rich with mathematical certainty.
任何人，只要掌握并且遵守这些法则，那么，实现致富的美梦便指日可待。
The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way;
其实，一个人的贫富状况完全取决于他的做事方式。
those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich;
那些按照某一种特殊方式行为处世的人，无论他是有意识的，还是无意识的，最终会成为大富翁
while those who do not do things in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor.
而其他那些没有这样做的人，无论他们如何有天赋，或如何才华横溢，最终都无法登上财富的天梯，
It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects;
与其他所有自然法则一样，致富的科学同样也受到因果效应的支配:
and, therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in this certain way will infallibly get rich.
因此，只要掌握了这条法则，并且严格照章办事，结果就只有你成为了大富翁！
That the above statement is true is shown by the following facts:
以上内容全都是如假包换的真理，
Getting rich is not a matter of environment, for, if it were, all the people in certa in neighborhoods would become wealthy;
一个人贫穷还是富裕，与他的生活环境毫无关系。否则，在某个特定的区域里，大家岂不是要么就全都是大富翁，要么就都是穷光蛋?
the people of one city would all be rich, while those of other towns would all be poor;
生活在城市里的人岂不就一定腰缠万贯，而住在农村或郊区的人就一定家徒四璧了，
or the inhabitants of one state would roll in wealth, while those of an adjoining state would be in poverty.
或者某一个国家的人民因为利好环境而举国富裕，邻国却因为环境条件落后而全国人民至今都还在温饱线上挣扎。
But everywhere we see rich and poor living side by side, in the same environment, and often engaged in the same vocations.
在现实生活中，穷人和富人常常都是毗邻而居。他们生活在同样的环境里，有时候甚至还从事着相同的职业。
When two men are in the same locality, and in the same business, and one gets rich while the other remains poor,
两个人，在他们居住的环境，从事的职业全都相同的情况下，他们的财富状况却常常有着天壤之别。
it shows that getting rich is not, primarily, a matter of environment.
这就表明，能否成为富翁基本上与环境并无太大干系。
Some environments may be more favorable than others, but when two men in the same business are in the same neighborhood,
环境的确有好坏利弊之分，然而，当生活环境相同，职业也相同的时候，为什么有的人可以成为富豪，
and one gets rich while the other fails, it indicates that getting rich is the result of doing things in a Certain Way.
而有的人却只能靠薪水勉强度日呢？说明发家致富取决于个人的做事方式。
And further, the ability to do things in this certain way is not due solely to the possession of talent,
而且，以这种方式做事的能力不仅仅是天赋，
for many people who have great talent remain poor, while others who have very little talent get rich.
因为许多很有天赋的人仍然贫穷，而那些没什么天赋的人却发财了。
Studying the people who have got rich, we find that they are an average lot in all respects,
研究那些有钱人，我们发现他们在各个方面都并无过人之处，
having no greater talents and abilities than other men.
也并具备某些常人所没有的智慧或能力。
