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Cervantes's deathbed novel, The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story, uses the pilgrimage of the two eponymous protagonists to show them as exemplars of the virtues not only necessary for ordinary life, but also those qualities essential to true leadership. The novel constitutes Cervantes's final written words, barely completed in partial rough draft before he expired, and accordingly might be considered his last words on the ideas and traits most important for human flourishing.     

魁北克VS蒙特利尔——早春双城记

我牢记在心 我是在百合花下出生 却在玫瑰花下成长…… 这段小诗．在加拿大最东边的魁北克省境内,恐怕是最知名的文字了,原文是法语．第一句“Je Me Souviens”,翻译成英文就是“I do remember”,这也是每一块魁北克省车牌上出现的唯一文字。小诗里提到的百合花是法国的象征,而玫瑰是英国的象征。     

BC省左手安详，右手喧嚣

BC省是个简称，要记住其全称还是件很费脑筋的事一不列颠哥伦比亚省（British Columbia）。BC省面积不小，可北边借大一片土地几乎无人居住，反倒是温哥华岛周边的几个城市：温哥华、维多利亚和惠斯勒成了全省的精华。这三个地方距离不算远且各有特色，温哥华的悠闲惬意，维多利亚的古朴风情，惠斯勒的现代个性，都是值得一住再住的好地方。如果时间有限，各自分配两天给这几个遇然有别的城市吧，左手安详，右手喧嚣，这样的时空转换，只要几个小时就能神奇完成。