（二月）
前记自纽约归，车中读一文论“不争之道德”（本卷第一一则，五二七页），归后作长书投之作者普耳君（Frederick J. Pohl），表吾之同意。其人得之，甚感吾意，今日答一长书，遂订交焉。
吾书之大旨如下（录原书一节）：
What the world needs today, it seems to me, is a complete dethronement of the undue supremacy of the Self. The morality of our age is too much self-centered. The idea of self-preservation has scarcely ever been challenged, and consequently many expediencies have been done in the name of self-preservation, nay, many crimes have been committed in its name! To remedy this inveterate evil, we must extend our present conception of to its widest horizon possible, we must overthrow the superstition that self-preservation is the highest duty. We must take the attitude of non-resistance, not as the expedient attitude, but as the attitude, not out of necessity, but at our own volition. The salvation of the world, I believe, must be sought in some such long forgotten truths as this…(Feb 2)
在我看来，当今世界迫切的需要就是彻底废除过分的自我至上。当今的道德过于推崇自我中心。自我保存的思想很少遭到批评，自然许多出于私利的考虑都借着自我保存的名义得以进行，而且许多罪恶也以它的名义而发生！为了改正这个积习已久的错误，我们应尽力拓展现时这个自我观念，推翻自我保存的迷信，不应以它为最高的本能，而应采取不争主义的态度，不应抱谋私利的态度，而应采取正义的态度。这种不应是被迫的，而应是自觉自愿的。我以为世界的拯救应从那些久已被人忘却的真理中去寻找……
（二月二日）
普君答书曰：
Your letter of appreciation of my communication to the gave me the greatest pleasure. More than that it gave me encouragement when I was sorely in need of it. The certainty that there was at least one reader with sufficient clarity of vision to see the truth made me believe that there were others also. I thank you most sincerely for writing what you did.
I found only two sympathizers before I sent the communication, and since it appeared, even members of my family have told me that they were sorry to have me put myself on record as believing such nonsense. I have an article of some length which I have been vainly trying to have published, and I had almost reached the conclusion that it was no longer worth while trying to place it when your letter came and gave me new enthusiasm.
The war fever sweeps men so easily! …There is nee
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