珍珠约翰斯坦贝克观后感合计(4)

the present universal fear has been the result of a forward surge in our knowledge and manipulation of certain dangerous factors in the physical world.
it is true that other phases of understanding have not yet caught up with this great step, but there is no reason to presume that they cannot or will not draw abreast. indeed it is a part of the writer"s responsibility to make sure that they do.
with humanity"s long proud history of standing firm against natural enemies, sometimes in the face of almost certain defeat and extinction, we would be cowardly and stupid to leave the field on the eve of our greatest potential victory.
understandably, i have been reading the life of alfred nobel - a solitary man, the books say, a thoughtful man. he perfected the release of explosive forces, capable of creative good or of destructive evil, but lacking choice, ungoverned by conscience or judgment.