When WB Yeats wrote “The Second Coming” in 1919, he inadvertently performed a service for generations of journalists. Faced with a political crisis, commentators can always reach for the familiar quote: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold”, before going on to note that: “The best lack all conviction; while the worst are full of passionate intensity”
当爱尔兰诗人叶芝(William Butler Yeats)在1919年写下《第二次降临》(The Second Coming)时，他在无意中帮了后世的新闻从业者一个大忙。面对政治危机，评论员们总能引用那句耳熟能详的名言：“万物分崩离析，中间无法维系”，然后指出：“最优秀的人缺乏信念，而最差的人激情满怀”。
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