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Marguerite Donnelly: "I was born on September 26, 1909, the eldest of seven children, five girls and two boys.
Marguerite Donnelly："我出生于1909年9月26日，家里最大的孩子，五個女孩，兩個男孩"
My candidate year was spent in the motherhouse, teaching chemistry and second year Latin at Notre Dame Institute.
"我在女修道院會受訓一年，教化學，第二年在圣母學院教拉丁文"
With God's grace, I intend to do my best for our Order, for the spread of religion and for my personal sanctification."
"蒙主恩賜，我會盡力完成使命，傳教，修道"
Again, very factual. But not as positive as much of a merit finder, an optimist as Cecilia O'Payne.
非常寫實。沒有積極者的那么積極，沒有Cecilia O'Payne那么樂觀
Let's look at some of the data now.
現在我們來看看這些資料
At the age of 85, at the age of 85—and again, this is a looking back,
85歲時，我要重申，她們85歲，是很多年前的事了
90% of the most cheerful quartile were alive and just 34% of the least cheerful quartile were alive. This is significant difference.
最積極那類有90%還活著，而最不積極那類只有34%。兩個數據相差很大
Now that dosen't mean that there aren't some fault finders who lived to 120 and merit finders who died of a heart attack at 30. Of course, there are.
這并不說明消極者就不會活到120歲，也不能說明積極者就不會30歲死于心臟病發，當然個別例外是有的
But on average, the best predictor what accounts for the most of the variance,
但平均來說，在這個長壽研究中，最能解釋
in terms of longevity in the study, was positive feelings — positivity in general.
兩組相差如此大的數據的因素就是積極情緒——總體的積極性
Here is 9 years later. Same study. At the age of 94, 54% of the most cheerful quartile were still alive while just 11% of the least cheerful quartile were alive.
再過九年，她們94歲的時候，最積極一類中有54%還活著，而最不積極那類只有11%
These are remarkable results.
結果很顯著
