Chapter 126: The True Aristocrat

"That's right, that's life and nobility! This is the real aristocratic life! The simple twenty words and the previous story perfectly interpret the relationship between nobility and life. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info also fully attracted the attention of the students and mobilized the emotions of the students, not to mention the students, even the attention and emotions of Lin Jianyi, the teaching director, and Lin Xueqi, the teacher, were completely mobilized.

"Before the eighteenth century AD, the aristocracy was still the mainstream of society and played an important role, and to this day, some of the ancient families in the four regions still retain the titles and titles of the nobility. When the aristocratic society was transferred to the plebeian society, the bourgeoisie did not set off a spiritual wave of negating and criticizing the aristocratic culture, but instead sent their children to aristocratic schools to study, bought aristocratic ornaments, badges, and titles of nobles, and wanted to inherit the mantle of aristocracy in an all-round way. The reason why the aristocracy has survived to this day is because it has been recognized by everyone, and it is the common people who generally believe that the noble spirit represents a kind of dignity and a kind of superb conduct. ”

"I just told you about life and aristocracy, and next, I want to tell you another story, this story is the aristocracy, in my opinion, it is a more real aristocracy than Tolstoy and Tang Tianhao!" Feeling the emotions of the students, a soft smile pulled up at the corner of Long Cangqiong's mouth. Then his eyes became deep and full of memories, "This is a story about aristocracy, I heard my father tell it, it once shocked me and will never forget it. Today, I also want to tell you about it, so that you can feel what aristocracy is, it has nothing to do with life, and it belongs to the real aristocracy! ”

"During the Common Era, mankind once built a giant cruise ship called the Titanic."

"The Titanic's name is taken from the giant in Greek mythology, the Titan. The Titan challenged Zeus, the god of thunder who represented the mysterious force of nature in Greek mythology at the time, but failed and was thrown into the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, which was many times deeper than the eighteen layers of hell. Therefore, some people say that the name Titanic is unlucky, and it foreshadows a tragic ending from the beginning. ”

"Sure enough, later in a shipwreck, it sank."

"But the difference between this giant ship and the mythical Titan is that it sank to the bottom of the sea only those iron plates, rivets and human bodies, and its soul was not conquered. In other words, the Titanic and more than 1,500 lives sank, but the human spirit, an invincible human civilization, still existed and 'never sank'. ”

Speaking of this, Long Cangqiong's voice gradually became a little higher.

"The eight musicians who were on board at that time played the music calmly and calmly in the last moments, and the flying notes embody the dignity and nobility of human beings who do not bow to the ferocity of nature until death. As the famous Shangyuan writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in his famous book "The Old Man and the Sea": "Man is not born to be defeated. You can defeat his body, but you can't conquer his soul. The chasing sharks could gnaw away the big fish dragged on the old fisherman's boat down to the bone, but they could not gnaw at the invincible spirit of the sailor, which was the flame of the soul and will of man, and the whole sea could not quench it. ’”

"Until many years later, people still marveled at how those Titanic musicians and crews, in the face of the imminent extinction of the sea, in the face of the surging death, how could they have such great courage, do not run away, and stick to their duties; How can there be such noble humane sentiments, give up the lifeboat to the children and women, and keep the last moments to yourself. According to later statistics, 76 percent of the crew members were killed, which is more than the proportion of passengers in all the cabins of the ship's first, second and third class. The crew was on board and had better conditions to escape than the passengers, but they gave the opportunity to others and left the hopelessness to themselves. And not one crew member or two sailors did this, but all nine hundred or so sailors, attendants, firemen, and cooks; It is a miracle that such a large group of people can do this, and today, like the mysterious sinking of that huge ship, the spirit of this person who will always lift high on the surface of the water is simply a miracle! ”

The voice of the dragon's firmament echoed in the classroom, and everyone was listening intently, and there was no other sound except him.

"According to later investigations, only the crew members of lifeboats No. 6 and No. 2 jumped in, but they were immediately spotted by the officials in charge there and told them to come out, and they obeyed the order to return to the deck without saying anything."

"A famous writer once said, 'This is because they were born with the ideal that responsibility is more important than any other consideration, that responsibility and discipline are synonymous, and that this ideal of responsibility and discipline proved to be the most powerful temperament that could not be eroded in the hours before the sinking of the Titanic.' ”

It was this sense of responsibility that led firefighter Farman Cavill, when he felt he might have left a little early, to return to boiler room No. 4 to see if there were any other boilermen trapped there; It was this sense of responsibility that led Signalman Ron to fire flares and shake Morse signal lights on deck all the time, no matter how hopeless it may seem; It was this sense of responsibility that made Hengming, the boilermaker who was assigned to the lifeboat as a rower, give this opportunity to others, stay on deck himself, and still unload the sail dinghy at the last moment; It was this sense of responsibility that kept the operators Phillips and Bred in the newspaper room until the last minute, and Captain Smith told them that they could abandon the ship, and they still did not leave, and continued to type on the keyboard, typing the end of the second, sending the telegram and the last hope; It was this sense of responsibility that kept Chief Engineer Bell and all the engineers working hard in the engine room, even knowing that they had no time to get on deck and lost any chance of escape; It was this sense of responsibility that led the bandmain, Henry Hartley, and the other musicians to play the light jazz and the solemn religious hymn 'God is with us,' until the waters carried their lives and songs to the bottom of the sea............"

"All this cannot be explained in a single sentence of bravery. As the saying goes, 'Even a hero becomes a coward in a desperate situation.' But the Titanic turned countless ordinary people into real heroes! The sense of responsibility lifts up the value of people, the nobility of people, and the beauty of people. ”

"This is the aristocracy, the real aristocracy, and every one of them is a nobleman in my heart! Because they have a true aristocratic spirit! ”

"When the survivors of the Titanic discussed who survived and who was killed, because there were far more women and children than men, it was considered a victory for the rule of the sea, which prioritizes women and children. But the company to which the Titanic belongs told the media: There are no so-called maritime rules that require men to make such big sacrifices, and what they do can only be said to be a kind of care for the weak by the strong, which is the same whether on land or at sea. This is their personal choice, not what any rules and regulations or rules of navigation can demand. They hold fast to the old but eternally young human values. ”

"At that time, the billionaire Asd asked the officer in charge of the lifeboat if he could accompany his pregnant wife, Madeleine, to the boat, and after the crew member said, 'Women and children go first,' he returned to the deck like a true gentleman and sat there quietly until the ship sank and the ship's collapsed chimney smashed him into the Atlantic. Asd was the only billionaire on the Titanic at that time, and one of the richest people in the world at that time, and his assets could build eleven Titanic ships. ”

"Captain Smith of the Titanic had a very good personal relationship with almost all the rich people on the ship, and many of them were also his good friends, including Asd. But Asd didn't go to Captain Smith through the back door to be accommodating and let him get on the boat. If he goes to the captain, there is also a good reason, his wife is five months pregnant. But Asd didn't do this, or didn't think that he should do it at all, it was an era when there was no backdoor concept, an era of paying attention to gentlemanly manners and being a real man. He's a true nobleman!"

"Another rich man on the Titanic who was second only to Astor in wealth was called Strauss, and he and his wife were also on this ship. The Strauss also brought a dozen attendants and waiters with them to serve themselves when the waiters on board were insufficient or inconvenient. You can imagine how rich and magnificent they are. After the Titanic hit the iceberg, Mrs. Strauss got into the No. 8 lifeboat almost like the other women, but just as her foot was about to step on the side, she suddenly changed her mind and came back to be with Mr. Strauss, saying: 'For so many years, we have lived together, and where you go, I will go!'" She gave her place in the boat to a young maid, and her fur coat, and said: 'I don't need it anymore!' ’”

"There was also an old man at the time, and he was Mr. Strauss, who was asked at the sixty-seven-year-old Mr. Strauss, 'I promise that no one will object to an old gentleman like you getting into a ............dinghy,' and Strauss replied firmly, 'I will never get into a lifeboat before any other man.'" Then, holding the arm of his sixty-three-year-old wife, Ida, an old couple hobbled to the wicker chairs on the deck and sat down, perched there peacefully like a pair of mandarin ducks, quietly waiting for the last moments. ”

"Knowing that there was no chance of being rescued, the famous plumbing tycoon Benjamin Guggenheim put on his most gorgeous evening gown and said: 'I'm going to die decently like a gentleman.'" The note he left for his wife read: 'There won't be a single woman left on deck on this boat because I took the place of the lifeboat.' I won't die like a brute, I'll die like a real man. I'm a nobleman! That's right, he's a nobleman, a real nobleman! ”

At this point in the story, the dragon's eyes were already a little moist, but they were filled with a kind of frenzy and depth that could infect everyone.

"I don't know if you will be able to have a true aristocratic spirit in the future, become a real aristocracy, and enjoy a real aristocratic life. But today I am standing here and becoming a life teacher at Yanlong Academy, and in this first class, I must tell you what is the real aristocratic life and what is the real aristocracy! ”

"The aristocratic life is not about luxury, but about dedicating oneself with an optimistic attitude towards life, using one's own strength to do what one can do, and respecting every life that should be respected, whether he is rich or poor!"

And aristocracy does not represent power and desire. A person who has a true aristocratic spirit is an aristocracy. The spiritual aristocracy is not necessarily rich, and the rich are not necessarily noble. And the aristocratic spirit can never be bought with money! If one day, you can puff up your chest and be such a nobleman, a real nobleman. Well, I'll be proud of you! ”

Bell bell bell ............

The bell rang for the end of class, but none of the students left their positions, and each of them was shocked and immersed in every story that Long Cangqiong had just told.

This is life, the real aristocratic life. This is the aristocracy, the real aristocracy!

These two sentences echoed in their minds, and the expressions of all the students were dull and relaxed............

And Director Lin Jianyi, who was sitting in the back row, stood up suddenly, walked up to the podium in a hurry, took Long Cangqiong's hand, shook it, his eyes were a little moist, and his voice was excited, "Thank you, thank you for letting me understand!" ”

But Lin Xueqi stood up, and a pair of white hands clapped with applause. And the students also came back to their senses under Lin Xueqi's applause, and the next moment, the classroom resounded with undulating applause like a tide, and Lin Jianyi also let go of the hand holding Long Cangqiong and gave the applause to Long Cangqiong.