God has given us , in a measure , the power to make our own fate ; and when our energies seem to demand a sustenance they cannot get - when our will strains after a path we may not follow - we need neither starve from inanition , nor stand still in despair : we have but to seek another nourishment for the mind , as strong as the forbidden food it longed to taste - and perhaps purer ; and to hew out for the adventurous foot a road as direct and broad as the one fortune has blocked up against us , if rougher than it 我们的精力需要补充而又难以如愿的时候我们的意志一意孤行,要走不该走的路的时候一我们不必因食物不足而挨饿,或者因为绝望而止步。我们只要为心灵寻找另一种养料,它像渴望一尝的禁果那样滋养,也许还更为清醇。要为敢于冒险的双脚开辟出一条路来,虽然更加坎坷,却同命运将我们堵塞的路一样直,一样宽。 ”