Joseph addison (1672may1~1719 June17), a British essayist, poet, playwright and politician, is also a British 65438 and Dr. Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith. When it comes to Edison, Richard Steele can't be ignored. Although their face value and temperament are quite different, they have become lifelong friends. They also co-founded two famous magazines, Tatler and Spectator, which enjoyed extensive social influence and popularity in Britain in the18th century.
Joseph Edison was a few months younger than Steele, but Edison was often the protagonist in life. He is stronger, his grades are better than Steele's, he is quiet and resourceful. Although Richard Steele is passionate, impulsive and bold, while Joseph Addison is calm, prudent and calm, this does not affect them to become lifelong friends. Richard Steele worships Joseph Edison's talent, while Edison likes the Irish boy's enthusiasm and kindness very much. At the age of 65,438+05, two boys went to Oxford together, where they went to college. It is 1709 that they meet again. Steele, who came back from the army, decided to start a newspaper, Tatler, which included current news, gossip and various trivial matters in daily life, and showed the lives of people from all walks of life. Edison appreciated this very much, and used his talents to actively write for Chatter to support his friends' original intention of starting a newspaper. Two years later, Steele stopped publishing Gossip Man and started another newspaper. The former gossip man was famous in Britain by Edison's wonderful essays, but this time Edison still supported the cause of his friends and named the newspaper "The Spectator". Qi Li once again made The Observer a success and created a generation in the history of English literature. If you want to ask how to make good friends in this world, I think from their experiences, they must appreciate each other in life and support each other in their careers, so that friendship will last forever.
Speaking of two newspapers, I don't stop printing three times a week, with only three or four pages each time. Later, the Observer printed only a small page at a time and delivered it to subscribers before people had breakfast. /kloc-in the 0/8th century, newspapers and periodicals were still in their infancy, and two newspapers started the era. Under the guidance of Edison and Steele, British scholars in the same period also began to run newspapers. For example, Dr. Johnson and Goldsmith Running Bee later became three newspapers respected by British society at that time, which pushed the social influence of literature to a new height. However, this book "The Beginning of Writing" shows Edison's clear initial intention of running a journal, his infinite confidence in running his own journal, and his ardent expectation for beautiful writing.
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Now that I have accumulated a large number of readers, I will spare no effort to improve the realm of my writing, making it convincing not only in education, but also beneficial to my body and mind in entertainment. Therefore, I will use wisdom to light up morality, make my mind and morality merge in my writing, make readers fascinated by my writing, strengthen my mind when thinking about the outside world, and never lose myself.
In this way, I will let my readers develop a cautious and subtle thinking mode, instead of filling their brains with intermittent and scattered thinking fragments. I will continue to greet you with beautiful words, nourish you, heal you, and help you when you get out of the valley of death in life.
The human mind is like a cultivated field. Only by persistently practicing with the power of education can the mind not be barren and the weeds of vulgar thoughts grow nowhere.
Who once said that it was the great Socrates who brought philosophy from heaven to earth and opened people's wisdom? I also want to be ambitious and speak out. It was I Edison who wanted to invite classical literature from the high shelf to the people, so that people's hearts could be enriched, ancient literature could become people's talk after dinner, the water of civilization could return to ancient times, and the spirit of the British people could be nourished.
Therefore, I solemnly recommend my periodical to all families in Britain, hoping that this newspaper will become your spiritual delicacy after a meal and an indispensable part of the coffee table.
Bacon once said that excellent books are like Moses' walking stick, which can turn snakes into snakes, and Moses' snakes can swallow these snake-like shapes.
I don't mean to brag. Once my article is published, it can occupy the market like autumn leaves, but the advantages and disadvantages of beauty are self-aware. Wouldn't it be better to let people know their true nature, let humble people be widely known, let people who are keen on integrity take care of their impatience, and let narrow-minded people publicize their extreme articles and applaud? Or are some mediocre hearsay articles better? And these articles only record anecdotes of a place, or describe the impermanence of things, or are full of bad words.
My article is dedicated to English gentlemen. I regard you as a brother and an ally. Those who live a carefree life and have leisure to see all over the world, you and I are like-minded friends. As a leisure class, the world is like a gorgeous stage in your eyes. We all expect to extract correct life beliefs from the joys and sorrows staged on this world stage.
My article is also suitable for English ladies. Although you have many pastimes to enjoy life, most of them are only designed for you based on gender differences, without considering that as women, they also have different temperament hobbies. Most women's lives, getting up in the morning is to travel. Dress etiquette, who is fussy, consumes almost all their energy before going out. When they arrive at their destination, they can no longer enjoy the gift of life. Besides, most women spend their leisure time on embroidery and preparing delicious preserved fruits.
However, there are talents among beauties. Among them, Rong Zhi is virtuous and dignified, elegant and talkative, knowledgeable and unique. Not only that, thoughts and costumes are unified, but also gorgeous and outstanding in talent and morality, which makes men all over the world look askance. I deeply hope that through the nourishment of my articles, the number of such women can be increased, or at least the eyes of ladies can be turned from trivial troubles in daily life to profound and broad beauty.
I know some friends are worried that I can't always put my words in my articles, but I want to assure you that as long as I am here, my articles will be there.
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Edison's article 300 years ago, the words at the beginning, is admirable and beneficial to people. It is by no means a girlish sadness that hurts spring and autumn, but virtue and wisdom can be integrated in the article. Under its silent immersion, people are fascinated by what they see, and they don't lose their minds when thinking about the world externally, but appeal to their hearts internally instead of being crazy in love.
Edison, with his literary talent, pioneered a generation when the newspaper was still in its infancy. He put classical literature on the shelf and spread it among the people. It was his duty to write books and run newspapers, educate the people and enlighten wisdom. At the same time, the literati also followed the pace, writing books and running newspapers, and expanding the influence of words. Scholars who admire Britain, this positive attitude towards secular life, reveal an amazing vitality and full of upward growth energy in their articles, which is Edison's initial intention of running a newspaper. I also asked what my initial intention was.
My answer is, in the process of enjoying self-growth, share what I have learned, link more sincere friends, join the WTO without kitsch, keep the pure land clear, spread the most beautiful words, and make myself and the world better.