威斯敏斯特教堂碑文墓志铭

When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,I dreamed of changing the world.As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I shortend my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country.But it, too, seemed immovable.As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.And now, as I lie on my death bed,I suddenly realize:If I had only change myself first,then by example I would have changed my family. From their inspiration and encouragement,I would then have been able to better my country,and who knows,I may have even changed the world. 

在伦敦闻名世界的威斯敏斯特大教堂地下室的墓碑林中，有一块名扬世界的墓碑。其实这只是一块很普通的墓碑，粗糙的花岗石质地，造型也很一般，同周围那些质地上乘、做工优良的亨利三世到乔治二世等二十多位英国前国王墓碑，以及牛顿、达尔文、狄更斯等名人的墓碑比较起来，它显得微不足道，不值一提。并且它没有姓名，没有生卒年月，甚至上面连墓主的介绍文字也没有。但是，就是这样一块无名氏墓碑，却成为名扬全球的著名墓碑。每一个到过威斯特敏斯特大教堂的人，他们可以不去拜谒那些曾经显赫一世的英国前国王们，可以不去拜谒那诸如狄更斯、达尔文等世界名人们，但他们却没有人不来拜谒这一块普通的墓碑，他们都被这块墓碑深深地震撼着，准确地说，他们被这块墓碑上的碑文深深地震撼着。