Many years after receiving my graduate degree, I returned to the StateUniversity of New York at Binghamton as a faculty member. One day in a crowdedelevator, someone remarked on its inefficiency. I said the elevators had notchanged in the 20 years since I began there as a student.
When the door finally opened, I felt a compassionate pat on my back, andturned to see an elderly nun smiling at me. "You'll get that degree, dear," shewhispered. "Perseverance is a virtue."
获取研究生学位多年以后，我回到位于宾翰顿的纽约州立大学当教员。一天，电梯里很拥挤，有人抱怨电梯效率太低。我说自我在那里当学生起，20~~年来电梯一直没有换过。
最后当电梯门打开时，我感到有人在我的背上同情地拍了一下，回过头来我看到一位年长的修女正在朝我微笑。“你会拿到学位的，亲爱的，”她低声说道：“坚持不懈是一种美德。”
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