加繆這段寫于1940的新年致辭如今看來似乎很貼切：1940年1月1日，《共和黨人晚報(bào)》最后一期的社論中，加繆寫道：“今年，希冀幸福將是徒勞的，通過工作去建造幸福才關(guān)鍵。不要希冀任何事，而是要做點(diǎn)什么。不要等待著他人從頭至尾地構(gòu)建你的命運(yùn)，尤其是當(dāng)命運(yùn)仍掌握在我們手中。《共和黨人晚報(bào)》今年不會(huì)祝您幸福，因?yàn)樗滥纳眢w和精神正在經(jīng)歷重創(chuàng)。但它需要您保持必要的力量和清醒，去努力維持您自己的寧?kù)o與尊嚴(yán)?！?/p>

附上英文版，共勉：It is vain to wish for happiness this year,but essential to work to construct it.Wish for nothing,but accomplish something.Do not wait for a destiny built from start to finish by others,when that destiny is still in our hands.Maintain the force and the lucidity necessary for forging your own.Le Soir-Republicain does not wish you happiness,since it knows that your body and spirits are battered.But it wants you to maintain the force and the lucidity necessary for forging your own well-being and dignity.