未来，只有等到未来成为现在之时，才可知悉。
寄给未来，该寄一些什么呢？
想来想去，寄送一段关于伯特兰·罗素（Bertrand Russel）关于智慧和道德的采访视频纪录吧。希望在未来的某个傍晚，读起这篇短文，看到这段视频，能够无悔地说：“在求知的路上，我绝大部分情况下是这么践行的”。
“Interviewer: One last question. Suppose that, Earl Russell, this film will be looked at by our descendants like the Dead Sea scroll in a thousand years’ time, what would you think is worth telling about that generation about the life you lived and the lessons you learned from it?
Earl Russell: I should like to say two things, one intellectual and one moral. The intellectual thing I should want to say to them is this, when you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only, what are the facts, and what is the truth to the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed. But look only and solely at what are the fact. That is the intellectual thing I should wish to say.
The moral thing I should wish to say to them is very simple. I should say love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world which is getting more closely and closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other. We have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things we don’t like. We can only live together in that way.If we are to live together, not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.”
“采访者：最后一个问题，罗素勋爵，假定这段录像，如同死海古卷一般，在千年后被我们的后人看见，关于您的一生和您的人生经验，您觉得有什么值得对他们那一代人讲的呢？
罗素：我想要说的有两点，其一关乎智慧，其二关乎道德。
有关智慧，我想对他们说的是：当你在研究任何事物或是在思考观点时，只问你自己，事实是什么，以及这些事实所证实的真理是什么。永远不要让自己被自己所愿意相信的，或者自己认为人们业已相信的对社会有益的东西所影响。而是只要单单地去审视什么才是事实，这是我想说的关乎智慧的一点。
有关道德，我想说的十分简单。我要说：爱是明智的，恨是愚蠢的。在这个日益紧密相连的世界，我们必须学会容忍彼此，我们必须学会接受这样一个事实：总会有人说出我们不想听的话。只有这样，我们才有可能共同生存. 假如我们想要共存，而非共亡，我们就必须学会这种宽容与忍让，因为它们对于人类在这个星球上的存续，是至关重要的。”
备注：英文来自网络，笔者重听了视频，校订了少量误处；中文翻译来自网络，笔者修译了若干，不喜勿喷。
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