原文
"None of us ever do," said Mrs. Allan with a sigh. "But then, Anne, you
know what Lowell says, 'Not failure but low aim is crime.' We must have
ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life
would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great.
Hold fast to your ideals, Anne."
語彙など
- with a sigh:溜息交じりに
- Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.:失敗することではなく目標が低いことが罪である。(米国の詩人・評論家・外交官ジェームス・ラッセル・ローウェルの言葉)
- ideal:理想
- live up to:に従って行動する
- grand:素晴らしい
- hold fast to:〜を堅持する