Fraternityby John GalsworthyCHAPTER ITHE SHADOWIn the afternoon of the last day of April, 190-, a billowy sea of little broken clouds crowned the thin air above High Street, Kensington. This soft tumult of vapours, covering nearly all the firmament, was in onslaught round a patch of blue sky, shaped somewhat like a star, which still gleameda single gentian flower amongst innumerable grass. Each of these small clouds seemed fitted with a pair of unseen wings, and, as insects flight on their to
THE STORY OF BIG KLAUS AND LITTLE KLAUSIn a certain village there lived two people who had both the samename. Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horses and theother only one. In order to distinguish the one from the other,the one who had four horses was called Big Klaus, and the one whohad only one horse, Little Klaus. Now you shall hear what befellthem both, for this is a true story.The whole week through Little Klaus had to plough for Big Klaus,...
是什么改变了你的社会位置中国社会科学院社会学所副所长——李培林 2002年03月01日 12:16主持人:会当凌绝顶,一览众山小,圣凯诺·世纪大讲堂。在2001年10月1号的时候,有一家报社,约我写一篇文章,叫《你的职业生涯》。当时呢我一想,我呀,工作还不到十年,但是我已经换了三十多个工作,可是我父亲呢,在1949年的10月1号参军,到2001年,整整是半个世纪零两年。所以,想来想去,我不知道我是应该,因我这个短暂而丰富的人生而欣喜呢,还是因为这种频频变动的天性而羞惭。那个时候呢,我就想,有朝一日我得请一位社会科学家,给我讲一讲人生位置的频频变动,那今天,主持人阿忆就给大家请来了中国社会科学院社会学所的副所长李培林教授。...
中央情报局:一半是天使,一半是魔鬼1956年4月的一天,在东柏林郊外的索恩法尔德公路上,一小队苏联通讯兵正在对地下通讯电缆做例行检查维修。这里是供东德军事和民政当局使用的一个重要电话线缆接头,可同时供432条线路通话。“嘿,伙计,这是什么?”一个年轻的士兵吃惊地望着手中一条包着厚铅皮的电线,这条多出来的“杂散”线路是不应该在这里出现的。这条线路一直通向一条陡直的甬道,下到甬道里面,是一条水平的隧道,在不远处,一扇钢筋混凝土的大门堵住了去路。门上用德文和俄文写着:“严禁入内——奉总司令命令”。通讯兵在大门面前迷惑不解,他们隐隐觉察到这扇门背后将有一个惊人的秘密,又惶恐于门上的命令,不知如何是好。...
Chapter X of Volume III (Chap. 52)ELIZABETH had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter as soon as she possibly could. She was no sooner in possession of it than, hurrying into the little copse, where she was least likely to be interrupted, she sat down on one of the benches and prepared to be happy; for the length of the letter convinced her that it did not contain a denial.``Gracechurch-street, Sept. 6.MY DEAR NIECE,I have just received your letter, and shall devote this whole m
Vailima Lettersby Robert Louis StevensonCHAPTER IIN THE MOUNTAIN, APIA, SAMOA,MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 1890MY DEAR COLVIN, - This is a hard and interesting andbeautiful life that we lead now. Our place is in a deepcleft of Vaea Mountain, some six hundred feet above the sea,embowered in forest, which is our strangling enemy, and whichwe combat with axes and dollars. I went crazy over outdoorwork, and had at last to confine myself to the house, or...
Of the Origin of Governmentby David HumeMan born in a family, is compelled to maintain society, fromnecessity, from natural inclination, and from habit. The samecreature, in his farther progress, is engaged to establishpolitical society, in order to administer justice; without whichthere can be no peace among them, nor safety, nor mutualintercourse. We are, therefore, to look upon all the vastapparatus of our government, as having ultimately no other objector purpose but the distribution of jus