英文解釈教室の出典を探る(73)

Chapter 12 比較の一般問題

例題 12.2.1

誰しも心に「理想」を秘めているもの。しかし、それを実現しようと決心し、行動に移さなければ何にもならない、とシュバイツァ―博士は言う。

That everyone shall exert himself in that state of life in which he is placed, to practice true humanity toward his fellow men, on that depends the future of mankind. Enormous values come to nothing every moment through the missing of opportunities, but the values which do get turned into will and deed mean wealth which must not be undervalued. Our humanity is by no means so materialistic as foolish talk is continually asserting it to be. Judging by what I have learned about men and women, I am convinced that there is far more in them of idealist will power than ever comes to the surface of the world. Just as the water of the streams we see is small in amount compared to that which flows underground, so the idealism which becomes visible is small in amount compared with what men and women bear locked in their hearts, unreleased or scarcely released. To unbind what is bound, to bring the underground waters to the surface: mankind is waiting and longing for such as can do that.

出典：Albert Schweitzer, "Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography", 1953
原仙作『英文標準問題精講』練習106
https://archive.org/download/outofmylifethoug00schw_0/outofmylifethoug00schw_0.pdf

（参考）自分のおかげで世界は変わったと思いたい。

（参考）シュバイツァー博士の影の部分。