Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
被俘的号兵
The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
有个号兵，在吹号召集部队的时候，不幸被敌人俘虏了。他大声哭喊道：“求求你们饶了我吧，我没有伤害你们任何一位士兵啊！我手上什么武器也没有，只有一把铜号而已。”敌人却丝毫不为所动，对他说：“正是因为这样，你才应该被处死。你本人虽然没有直接进攻我们，却鼓动别人来进行战斗。”
教唆者比作恶者本人更加可恶。
A Trumpeter，bravely leading on the soldiers，was captured by the enemy. He cried out to his captors，“Pray spare me，and do not take my life without cause or without inquiry. I have not slain a single man of your troop. I have no arms，and carry nothing but this one brass trumpet.”“That is the very reason for which you should be put to death，” they said，“for，while you do not fight yourself，your trumpet stirs all the others to battle.”