一個人的生命究竟有多大意義，這有什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)可以衡量嗎?提出一個絕對的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)當(dāng)然很困難;但是，大體上看一個人對待生命的態(tài)度是否嚴(yán)肅認(rèn)真，看他對待勞動、工作等等的態(tài)度如何，也就不難對這個人的存在意義做出適當(dāng)?shù)墓烙?jì)了。

古來一切有成就的人，都很嚴(yán)肅地對待自己的生命，當(dāng)他活著一天，總要盡量多勞動、多工作、多學(xué)習(xí)，不肯虛度年華，不讓時間白白地浪費(fèi)掉。我國歷代的勞動人民及大政治家、大思想家等等都莫不如此。

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What is the significance of life? Is there any criterion for its measurement? Difficult as it is to advance an absolute one, it will not be so to judge the very meaning of one’s existence generally from whether he is serious about life and what his attitudes are towards work and life.

Throughout the ages,all people of accomplishment take their lives seriously.As long as they are alive,they would rather devote themselves to more work and study than let a single minute slip by in vain.And the same is true of the common laborers as well as the great statesmen and thinkers in our country.