NATIONAL MORALE AND WORLD TRANQUILLITY(民族精神与世界和平)&Sun Yat-sen〔孙逸仙〕 1
WHAT DOES THE WEST HAVE TO LEARN FROM THE EAST?(西方该向东方学些什么?)&Arnold Toynbee 8
HOW WEALTH ACCUMULATES AND MEN DECAY(财富累积而人格腐蚀)&Geroge Bernard Shaw〔萧伯纳〕 16
UNIVERSITY DAYS(大学时代)&James Thurber 23
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JALL(伯明汉狱中书)&Martin Luther King,Jr. 29
PROSE POEMS(散文诗)&Alexander Solzhenitsyn〔索忍尼辛〕 35
NO WINNERS(没有胜利者)&Stanley Karnow 45
STOP THRASHING(别闹了)&Christopher Ogden 52
A LETTER TO JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY(致梅雷书)&D.H.Lawrence 58
TELEVISED VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN:THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE(电视暴力节目与儿童:美国的经验)&John O.Pastore 67
REMINISCENCES OF CHILDHOOD(童年的回忆)&Dylan Thomas 74
THE COMPUTER AND THE POET(电脑与诗人)&Norman Cousins 81
A RIVER(一条河)&Anne Morrow Lindbergh 88
THE NEW IMMORALITY(新的不道德)&Joseph Wood Krutch 97
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES(向邻居看齐)&Art Buchwald 103
CAN SCIENTIFIC MAN SURVIVE?(科学人生存得下去吗?)&Bertrand Russell 110
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR(伟大的美元)&W.H.Auden 116
THE HEAT-WAVF SPIES(热波间谍)&Peter Gwynne 121
AUTUMN IN AMERICA(秋在美国)&Hal Borland 127
THE INVISIBLE MAN(隐形人)&Ralph Ellison 134
THE BALLYHOO GETS TO HIM(宣传弄昏了他)&Art Buchwald 140
INAUGURAL ADDRESS(就职演说)&John Fitzgerald Kennedy 146
THE KITCHEN(厨房)&Alfred Kazin 156
GENERAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION(通才教育与专才教育)&Report of the Harvard Committee 166
MANDERLEY(孟德雷)&Daphne du Maurier 173
ROMANCE IS A POOR BASIS FOR MARRIAGE(纯情是婚姻的不稳基础)&Denis de Rougemont 181
ONCE MORE TO THE LAKE(湖之再访)&E.B.White 188
HELP WANTED:50,000 PROGRAMMERS(事求人:五万名程式设计人)&Cene Bylinsky 196
FATHERS AND SONS(父与子)&Harry Golden 202
ACCEPTANCE OF LAW OR DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND(遵守法治,否则人类毁灭)&Bertrand Russell 209
THE WORLD IN A WALL(墙内的世界)&Gerald Durrell 216
THE NEW MOON(新月)&Richard Lewis 223
THE POLITICIAN(政客)&H.L.Mencken 231
THE DISTINCTION OF CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE(文明与文化之辨)&Robert M.MacIver 240
THE AWAKENING OF CONSCIOUSNESS(意识的觉醒)&Vladimir Nabokov 247
AN ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY(美国社会分析)&David Riesman 255
THE DEATH OF THE MOTH(蛾之死)&Virginia Woolf 261
A"JUST"EQUALITY(“公正的”平等)&Daniel Bell 270
THE PROBLEM OF HUNGER(饥饿的问题)&Address of Pope Paul VI to the Rome World Food Conference(9 Non.,1974) 278
SONG FOR A SMALL VOYAGER(小水手之歌)&Joan Baez 289
DUNKIRK(敦刻而克)&Winston Churchill 299
38 WHO SAW MURDER DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE(38人目击谋杀未报警)&Martin Gansberg 309
THE FIRST DEATH OF HER LIFE(她生命中的第一次死亡)&Elizabeth Taylor 320
NOT JUST UTOPIA(不全是乌托邦)&Stuart Chase 328
FATHER OPENS MY MAIL(父亲拆阅我的信)&Clarence Day 339
ON HATING THE AMERICANS(谈恨美国人)&Salvador de Madariaga 350
THE MONSTER(这个大怪物)&Deems Taylor 361
ON THE NEED FOR A QUIETCOLLEGE(论一座安静学院之必要)&Stephen Leacock 373
ON READING Conquering Tough Tome(谈阅读——征服难书)&Mortimer J.Adler 384
THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE MAN WITH A BOOK(读书人自己的天地)&Harold Taylor 394
A PLEA FOR MORAL CHOICES(道德选择的呼吁)&Joseph Wood Krutch 406
SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE UPON THE AWARD OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE(诺贝尔文学奖领受谢辞)&William Faulkner 418
ABOUT FAULKNER'S NOBEL PRIZE(关于福克纳的诺贝尔文学奖)&Lawrance Thompson 424
STONING THE MOON(石击月)&D.H.Lawrence 429
A REASONABLE LIFE IN A MAD WORLD(疯狂世界里的合理生活)&Irwin Edman 436
RIGMAROLE(胡言乱语)&Hans Magnus Enzensberger 447
THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS(西西弗斯的神话)&Albert Camus 456
SCIENCE AND RELIGION(科学与宗教)&Albert Einstein 467