在今天的中国 ,没听到过“权力导致腐败 ,绝对权力导致绝对腐败”这句话的人 ,也许已经不多 ;知道此言是出自阿克顿 (一八三四———一九○二 )之口的 ,大概也不乏其人。但是了解阿克顿其人其事的 ,却依然极不多见。阿克顿晚年自称一生碌碌无为 ,他除了做过《剑桥近代史》首任 In today’s China, perhaps no more people have heard of the phrase “power leads to corruption and absolute power leads to absolute corruption.” It is perhaps not much known in this country; it is known from Acton (1834 --- 190 B) of the mouth, probably no shortage of people. But it’s still rare to see what Acton is doing. Acton later life claiming mediocre life, in addition to doing his “Cambridge modern history” first