Most of the nice things we associate with being a kid are okay——while you are still a kid.But you gain more than you lose.You gain in understanding standing，in appreciation of people，in understanding and appreciation of yourself.You begin to see the wisdom in that quotation I have so often repeated to you：to thine own self be true.Every year at this time I have repeated that quotation to you，and the time is not really too far distant when you will be passing it on to your own children.It is probably the best single piece of advice I can give you，or you can give them.

　　与当个孩子相关的许多美好的事物都是很不错的——然而你仍然是个孩子。但你将得到比所失去的更多的东西。你将得到理解、人们的欣赏，以及你对你自己的理解和欣赏。你将明白我常常告诉你的那句话所隐含的智慧：真诚地对待你自己。每一年的这个时候我都对你重复这句话，而且这离你把这句话告诉你的孩子们的时候也为时不远了。这句话也许是我能够给你的最好的一条建议，或许也是你能够给你的孩子们的最好的一条建议。

　　You have done well，and I am pleased with you，not only for what you have done，but for what you are.As Miss Finnegan said to Sister，“Wylie has the right reactions.”So good luck in your Senior Year，and always know that the old man loves you very much.

　　你做得很好，我对你很满意，并不只是因为你所做的那些事，而且因为你本人。就像芬尼根小姐对西斯特所说的那样“威利反应敏捷”。因此，祝你中学的最后一年交好运，并且永远记住，我这个老人非常爱你。

　　Always

　　Dad

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