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What do I believe? What laws do I live by? There are so many answers - work, beauty, truth, love - and I hope I do live by them. 什么是我所信仰的?什么是我生活的准则?答案很多，比如工作、美丽、真理、爱心，但愿我能以它们为准则。 But in everyday things I live by the light of a supplementary set of laws. Id better call them rules of thumb. Rules of thumb arent very grand, but they do make the wheels go round. 然而，生活中的我还履行着另外一套附加的法则，即经验法则。这一法则虽然简单，但却能使事情顺利地进行下去。 My father and mother sent me to good schools, but the finest thing they did for my education was to have seven children. I was the oldest, and my brothers and sisters were my best teachers. 父母把我送到一所很好的学校学习，但养育了7个孩子，这是他们为我的教育做的最好的事。我是家中长女，而弟弟妹妹就是我最好的老师。 I learned first to pull my own weight in the boat. Kids making a bob-sled have no use for the loafer who wants a free ride. Neither has the world. I learned to make the bed I slept in, and wash the glass I used, and mend what I broke, and mop up where I spilled. And if I was too lazy or too dainty or too busy, and left it for someone else, somebody else soon taught me different. | 
