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Argument to Beethoven's Fifth - Caesar's Hour, Dec 27 1954
The Beethoven Fifth Symphony begins by stating a distinctive four-note "short-short-short-long" motif twice. During World War II, the BBC used the four-note motif to introduce its radio news broadcasts because its rhythm is the Morse code letter "V" (· · · —, "victory").
白日依山盡
黃河入海流
欲窮千里目
更上一層樓
Mountains cover the white sun,
And oceans drain the golden river;
But you widen your view three hundred miles
By going up one flight of stairs.
這是唐代詩人王之涣的名作《登鹳雀楼》，四句詩氣勢磅礴，意境深遠。
前兩句描繪壯麗景象：夕陽沉入山巒，黃河奔騰入海，展現天地浩瀚之美。 後兩句則寓意深遠：若想看得更遠、更廣，就要登得更高，象徵追求卓越、突破自我。
這不僅是寫景，更是一種人生哲理 - 登高望遠，返璞歸真，先複雜後簡單。