| 簡介：如果能重拾青春，你會做出不一樣的選擇嗎？美國名作家霍桑以此故事啟示：人類永遠不會從過去中學到教訓。
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Around a black table in a study filled with dust sat three men
and one woman. They were old and looked as if life were a burden. The only spark of beauty
in the room was a glass vase on the table.
The four people had been invited by Dr. Heidegger
to take part in an experiment, but they already knew each other. The
woman, Mrs. Wycherly, had once been beautiful and vain, and the three
men had fought over her. Mr. Medbourne had lost all of his money through
bad business deals, and Mr. Gascoigne had been a crooked politician.
The third man was Colonel Killigrew, and he had lived a life filled with sin.
Dr. Heidegger asked them to think about what they
would change if they could relive their youth. They all agreed that
they would not make the same mistakes that had ruined their lives
this time.
霍桑：《青春之泉》
在充滿灰塵的書房裡，三個男子與一個女子圍坐在一張黑桌旁。他們都很老且看起來彷彿生命是個重擔。房裡唯一的美麗活力是桌上的一個玻璃花瓶。
這四個人被海德格醫生邀請來參與一項實驗，但是他們早已認識彼此了。那位女子是衛區理太太，曾經美麗又愛慕虛榮，而那三位男性曾為爭奪她而吵架。梅德本先生因為事業經營不善而賠掉了所有的錢，而葛士康先生曾是個不誠實的政客。第三個男人是奇理果上校，他過了充滿罪惡的一生。
海德格醫生請他們想想，如果他們能重回青春時代，他們會做什麼改變。他們都一致同意說這次不會再犯下毀掉他們人生的相同錯誤。  |
