Robert Lynd - Arguments against Smoking 汉译

It is always inspiring to see a brave man fighting for a lost cause, and I never cease to admire the Jacobitish zeal with which year after year Mr. John Ervine carries on a guerrilla warfare against the ever-increasing power of tobacco. I admire it all the more because I have fired a few shots in the war against tobacco myself, and have invariably retired defeated, with the sign of defeat, a cigarette in my mouth. I can go on fighting for a week or a month, but there always comes a time when I strike my colors--and a match.

谈戒烟

看到勇敢无畏的人为着一种毫无成功希望的事业而奋斗的情形，是始终令人鼓舞的。对那个年复一年地以斯图亚特王室拥护者的热忱，来对抗不断增长的烟瘾，进行游击战的厄尔文，我一直都是衷心佩服的。我本人在对抗烟草的战争中，也曾开过几枪，而每次都败下阵来，口里都衔着一支香烟便是败北的标帜，因此我对于他的热诚更加佩服。我能继续战斗一星期，或一个月，但最后总有那么一个时候要到来，那就是我挂降旗——刮火柴。