On Fear论恐惧

I am disposed to agree with Captain Dolbey that the man who knows no fear exists only in the imagination of the lady novelist or those who fight their battles at the base. He is invented because these naïve people suppose that a hero who is conscious of fear ceases to be a hero. But the truth surely is that there would be no merit in being brave if you had no fear. The real victory of the hero is not over outward circumstance， but over himself. One of the bravest men of our time is a man who was born timid and nervous and suffered tortures of apprehension， and who set himself to the deliberate conquest of his fears by challenging every danger that crossed his path and even going out of his way to meet the things he dreaded. By sheer will he beat down the enemy within， and to the external world he seemed like a man who knew no fear. But the very essence of his heroism was that he had fought fear and won.

我倾向于同意道尔比上尉的观点，他表示，不知恐惧为何物的人只存在于女性小说家的想象或在作战基地打仗的人之中。（剩余6936字）