西洋有这么一则小故事,一个旅客云游四方,游到了一个村落,山明水秀,气象非凡,不禁肃然起敬,向路旁一位糟老头问曰:“你们这里出生过啥大人物呀?”该糟老头想了又想,赧然曰:“非常抱歉,我们这里从没有出生过大人物,出生的都是小孩。”我想这则洋幽默应该大量印刷,送给中国一些所谓的“大人物”,和一些写历史书、读历史书的朋友。盖中国人似乎跟洋大人恰恰相反,有些家伙一生下来就是“太祖”,有些家伙一生下来就是“高帝”。拿破仑先生曰:“一个人不是一生下来就伟大的,而是在成了功之后,左思右想,才发现自己伟大的。”惟中国不然,看中国史书,尤其看所谓“正史”,都会发现一点,所有的大人物,全是生下来就伟大不堪。当他娘在产床上辗转反侧、呼天号地、汗流如浆、血崩如注之际,小子呱呱诞生,别瞧该小子一身都是羊尿液,却像耶稣基督亲自下凡,不是红光满室,就是天上打雷;不是应验预言,就是一生下来,就有...
Tacitus on Germanyby TacitusTranslated by Thomas GordonINTRODUCTORY NOTEThe dates of the birth and death of Tacitus are uncertain, but it isprobable that he was born about 54 A. D. and died after 117. He was acontemporary and friend of the younger Pliny, who addressed to himsome of his most famous epistles. Tacitus was apparently of theequestrian class, was an advocate by training, and had a reputation asan orator, though none of his speeches has survived. He held a number...
A YELLOW DOGI never knew why in the Western States of America a yellow dogshould be proverbially considered the acme of canine degradationand incompetency, nor why the possession of one should seriouslyaffect the social standing of its possessor. But the fact beingestablished, I think we accepted it at Rattlers Ridge withoutquestion. The matter of ownership was more difficult to settle;and although the dog I have in my mind at the present writing...
三个吊儿郎当半大不大的小子走进大学教室,大声在寂静无声的教室里吆喝起来,打断了众多上晚自习的大学生们安静的心绪,在几十双诧异目光的注视下,其中一个长头发小子在黑板上写了三个大大的字——“找姚兰”。他们用鄙夷的眼神看着讲台下那些稚嫩淳朴的学生,似乎对自己的行为有那么一种得意和轻狂,丝毫没有站在高台上的别扭和尴尬。他们来回扫视着台下的学生,专在女生的脸上扫过,看谁会回应他们的问询,但他们失望了。当发现在此教室没有他们要找的目标后,他们拍拍屁股出了门,接着进了另一间教室。在莘莘学子眼里这三个小子无疑是社会上的地痞混混儿,在这所大学里,经常能见到这样的半大小子在校园里游荡,大家都已经见怪不怪了。这些混混儿中间有本校的子弟,也有校外社会上的黑道青年,甚至还有一些是附近中学的学生。对这些人的怪异行为大学生们基本都是熟视无睹。...
The Provostby John GaltINTRODUCTIONDuring a recent visit to the West Country, among other old friends we paid our respects to Mrs Pawkie, the relict of the Provost of that name, who three several times enjoyed the honour of being chief magistrate in Gudetown. Since the death of her worthy husband, and the comfortable settlement in life of her youngest daughter, Miss Jenny, who was married last year to Mr Caption, writer to the signet, she has been, as she told us herself, "beeking in the lown
The Higher Learning In America: A Memorandum On the Conduct ofUniversities By Business Menby Thorstein Veblen1918PREFACEIt is something more than a dozen years since the followingobservations on American academic life were first assembled inwritten form. In the meantime changes of one kind and anotherhave occurred, although not such as to alter the course of policywhich has guided American universities. Lines of policy which...
请您一定仔细阅读以下文字:-txtsk主要用于手机,pda,mp3,mp4等阅读,txtsk-.引子 引子 西元1926年除夕,荆楚交界的千年古镇浔江飘飘洒洒下起了大雪。镇上的首富纪家一家三代赏着雪热热闹闹吃完了年夜饭,纪老太爷便吩咐管家忠伯带着孩子们去放烟花,撒铜子儿。一时间纪园里欢声笑语,火树银花,热闹非凡。 纪家大宅是五进的院子,西面还有一个小小的跨院,招待亲戚用的,平日里没有什么人去。 然而此刻,北屋里却传来阵阵动人心魂的呻吟。 屋中气息纠缠暧昧,声声销魂,婉转吟哦。男人粗厚的手掌在女人丰腴的肌肤上游走,所到之处,引发串串颤栗。男子的唇饥渴地吮吻着她的胸膛,急切而盲目的想将这诱人雪白的躯体据为己有。...
Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaningby Edward Carpenter"The different religions being lame attempts to represent undervarious guises this one root-fact of the central universal life,men have at all times clung to the religious creeds and ritualsand ceremonials as symbolising in some rude way the redemptionand fulfilment of their own most intimate naturesand thiswhether consciously understanding the interpretations, or whether(as most often) only doing so in an unconscious or quite
《裂锦》她要挑起父亲也挑不起的重担 天气热得像是太阳要坠下来了一样。阳光照在那些高大建筑物的玻璃幕墙上,更加刺眼得叫人不敢看。 今天晚上大概会有一场雷雨吧。傅圣歆有些烦躁地想。屋子里冷气打得不高,她又一直不停地在做事,所以还是热。她放下了那些厚厚的账目,走过去调冷气。冷气开关是个漂亮的嵌在墙里的小匣子,她从小就玩熟了的东西。掀开那木纹的盖子,把那个红色的钮拔到最下,天花板上的冷气出口顿时发出一阵“嘶嘶”的风声。 中央空调系统严重老化了,所以用起来总是有噪音——这里的一切都老化了——褪成粉黄色的墙、茶色的玻璃窗、乳白色的写字台、乳白色的地砖……都是她熟悉得和自己手纹一样的东西,怎么就已经这样陈旧了……...
Found At Blazing Starby Bret HarteThe rain had only ceased with the gray streaks of morning atBlazing Star, and the settlement awoke to a moral sense ofcleanliness, and the finding of forgotten knives, tin cups, andsmaller camp utensils, where the heavy showers had washed away thedebris and dust heaps before the cabin doors. Indeed, it wasrecorded in Blazing Star that a fortunate early riser had oncepicked up on the highway a solid chunk of gold quartz which the...