今天我們繼續航行，方向西南西。－哥倫布

這句話是哥倫布在凶險的北大西洋作處女航時，每天在他私人航海日記上記下來的。我相信他每天寫下這句話時的心情，一定是徘徊於渺茫的希望與絕望之間的。因為當時的情況非常惡劣，暴風雨打擊那三艘帆船，品德號已失去了舵，船上的水手時時刻刻心存犯上叛亂，或許哥倫布自己心中對這瘋狂的事業的信心也在動搖。可是他憑自己的直覺和推理，確定了自己認為正確的航路，以堅毅的勇氣，繼續向前航行。

這並不是特別令人舒暢的字句，可是當前這時代，我們所急需的，不是怠惰的安適，而是出自內心的剛毅所發出的高度英勇和信心，處於這樣苦難、疑惑和困倦的時代，這位偉大航海家的名言足以鼓舞我們處變不驚的意志：「今天我們繼續航行！」

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“This day we sailed on. Course WSW.”－CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

This was the entry which, day after day, Columbus put down in the private log of his first voyageacross the uncharted North Atlantic. He musthave written it in a spirit alternating between blind hope and quiet despair.

Conditions were about as adverse aspossible. Storms had damaged the little caravel; the Pinta had lost her rudder;the crews of all three vessels were threatening mutiny; and probably Columbus’ own confidencein what seemed an insane enterprise was wavering. But he had intelligence ledhim to believe was the right one, and with dogged set his course he kept ongoing.

The words are not especially comfortingones, but these are days when the world is less in need of supine comfort thanof high gallantry and faith in an inner integrity. During times of distress,doubt and weariness, people may well be inspirited by the words of the greatnavigator, ”This day we sailed on.”

CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER

ACTRESS-MONOLOGIST AND CO-AUTHOR OF “OURHEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY.”