YOUTH 青春 文 / 塞缪尔 · 厄尔曼 译 / 王佐良 译 / 佚名 Samuel Ullman (April 13, 1840 –March 21, 1924) wasan American businessman, poet, humanitarian. He is bestknown today for his poem Youth which was a favorite ofGeneral Douglas MacArthur. The poem was on the wall of MacArthur's officein Tokyo when he became Supreme Allied Commander in Japan. In addition,MacArthur often quoted from the poem in his speeches, leading to it becomingbetter known inJapan than in the United States. Youth is not a time oflife; it is a