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When snow or ice was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help. At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, NY, on a child's sleigh to the subway entrance. Once there, he would cling to the handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept ice-free. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again until we met him in Brooklyn' on his way home.
每當冰封大地，雪花飄飄的時候，若是沒有幫助，他簡直舉步維艱。每當此時，我或我的姐妹們就用兒童雪橇把他拉過紐約布魯克林區的街道，一直送他到地鐵的入口處。一到那兒，他便手抓扶手一直走到底下的臺階時才放開手，因為那里通道的空氣暖和些，地面上沒有結冰。到了曼哈頓，地鐵站就在他辦公樓的地下一層，在我們在布魯克林接他回家之前他無須再走出樓來。
When I think of it now, I marvel at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to subject himself to such indignity and stress. And at how he did it--without bitterness or complaint .
如今每當我想起這些，我驚嘆一個成年男子要經受信這種侮辱和壓力得需要多么大的勇氣啊！嘆服他竟然能夠做到這一點，不帶任何痛苦，沒有絲毫抱怨。
He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was a "good heart", and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him.
他從不說自己可憐，也從不嫉妒別人的幸運和能力。他所期望的是人家"善良的心"，當他得到時，人家真的對他很好。
