Notes from the Undergroundby Feodor DostoevskyPART IUNDERGROUND**The author of the diary and the diary itself are, of course,imaginary. Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as thewriter of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist inour society, when we consider the circumstances in the midst ofwhich our society is formed. I have tried to expose to the viewof the public more distinctly than is commonly done, one of the...
Aucassin and NicoleteTranslated by Andrew LangINTRODUCTIONThere is nothing in artistic poetry quite akin to "Aucassin andNicolete."By a rare piece of good fortune the one manuscript of the Song-Storyhas escaped those waves of time, which have wrecked the bark ofMenander, and left of Sappho but a few floating fragments. The veryform of the tale is peculiar; we have nothing else from the twelfthor thirteenth century in the alternate prose and verse of the cante-...
The Naturalist on the River Amazonsby Henry Walter BatesAN APPRECIATIONBY CHARLES DARWIN Author of "The Origin of Species," etc.From Natural History Review, vol. iii. 1863.IN April, 1848, the author of the present volume left England in company with Mr. A. R. Wallace"who has since acquired wide fame in connection with the Darwinian theory of Natural Selection"on a joint expedition up the river Amazons, for the purpose of investigating the Natural History of the vast wood-region traversed by tha
A Book of Scoundrelsby Charles WhibleyTo the Greeks FOOLISHNESSCONTENTSINTRODUCTIONCAPTAIN HINDMOLL CUTPURSE AND JONATHAN WILDI. MOLL CUTPURSEII. JONATHAN WILDIII. A PARALLELRALPH BRISCOEGILDEROY AND SIXTEEN-STRING JACKI. GILDEROYII. SIXTEEN-STRING JACKIII. A PARALLELTHOMAS PURENEYSHEPPARD AND CARTOUCHEI. JACK SHEPPARDII. LOUIS-DOMINIQUE CARTOUCHEIII. A PARALLELVAUX...
在美国以及世界上很多的国家,比尔·克林顿都是一个十分熟悉甚至亲切的名字,他之所以产生了这么大的影响,与他总统任期内作出的一系列成就有很大的关系。但世人最了解的还是他因为性丑闻案而声名狼藉却又最终获得了美国民众原谅的传奇经历,没有在丑闻案中成为千古罪人,但确实成了世人调侃的对象,这要从1998年的莱温斯基向大陪审团作证开始,从此,缠绕克林顿和希拉里的恶梦开始了。不过早在他参加总统竞选的1992年,就已经被人称为“每星期都要闹一次丑闻的总统候选人”,1998年的“莫妮卡风暴”不过是长期积累的结果。美国国会将独立检察官斯塔尔关于克林顿性丑闻案的调查报告公布在互联网上,相关站点立刻发生了交通堵塞。据统计,报告公布当天互联网访问率达每分钟32.3万人次。一时间,全世界各地好奇的人们都可以从互联网上了解克林顿绯闻案的详细情况,这着实令克林顿更加尴尬。曾几何时,克林顿为互联网的建设不懈地摇旗...
前言 一位真正的作家永远只为内心写作,只有内心才会真实地告诉他,他的自私、他的高尚是多么突出。内心让他真实地了解自己,一旦了解了自己也就了解了世界。很多年前我就明白了这个原则,可是要捍卫这个原则必须付出艰辛的劳动和长时期的痛苦,因为内心并非时时刻刻都是敞开的,它更多的时候倒是封闭起来,于是只有写作,不停地写作才能使内心敞开,才能使自己置身于发现之中,就像日出的光芒照亮了黑暗,灵感这时候才会突然来到。 长期以来,我的作品都是源出于和现实的那一层紧张关系。我沉湎于想象之中,又被现实紧紧控制,我明确感受着自我的分裂,我无法使自己变得纯粹,我曾经希望自己成为一位童话作家,要不就是一位实实在在作品的拥有者,如果我能够成为这两者中的任何一个,我想我内心的痛苦将会轻微得多,可是与此同时我的力量也会削弱很多。...
Billy and the Big Stickby Richard Harding DavisHad the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to makelight, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make money, theyneed not have left Hayti.When they flooded with radiance the unpaved streets of Port-au-Prince no one, except the police, who complained that the lightskept them awake, made objection; but when for this illumination theWilmot Company demanded payment, every one up to President Hamilear...
The Acts of the Apostlesby ELLEN G.WHITE(v)PREFACETHE FIFTH BOOK OF THE NEW TESTAMENT HAS BEEN KNOWN FROM ANCIENT TIMES AS THEACTS OF THE APOSTLES; BUT THIS TITLE CANNOT BE FOUND IN THE BOOK ITSELF. ONEOF THE EARLIEST MANUSCRIPTS, THE CODEX SINAITICUS, GIVES AS THE TITLE THESIMPLE WORD ACTS, WITH NO MENTION OF THE APOSTLES. THERE IS A REASON FORTHIS. ACTS WAS INTENDED TO BE MORE THAN A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SERVICE...
阴火诞生二十五岁那年春天,当时他与众多同学一道怀着忐忑的心情成了新的毕业生,得到了一顶菱形的学士帽后荣归故里。轻型的敞篷马车上镌刻着雄鹰展翅的家徽,载着这位少爷从停车场起程,沿着约有三里远的车道上疾驰而去。车轮的吱呀吱呀声,马具随风荡漾的叮当声,马车夫叱咤吆喝声以及铁蹄厚重的橐橐声,都混杂在了一起,此外还不时传来云雀清脆的啼鸣。在北国,即便到了春天都仍是冰天雪地,唯有道路都被踏成一条涩涩的黑线。田埂上的雪开始融化,覆雪的山脉蜿蜒起伏,似乎也被冻得缩成一团。山脉显出了一幅铁青色的画卷,山麓中黄色木材垛子垒在一起,旁边可以看见一间矮矮的厂房。厂房的烟囱里升起袅袅青烟,飘向晴朗的天空。这里就是他的家。这次是作为新毕业生回来,再次凝望久违的故乡风物,眼眸里透出一丝淡淡的忧郁。不知怎的,他煞有介事地轻声打了个哈欠。...
我感到这既是个极为简单的问题,又是个极为深奥、难以探明的问题。“丧家犬”的口头禅通常是:“其实我什么坏事也没做过啊……”我们常常会想,既然如此,自己怎么就成为“丧家犬”了呢?的确,这世上的“丧家犬”大都是真正体面的人,她们既不杀人也不偷盗,甚至连让父母担心、迟到、乱扔垃圾这样的错误都不曾犯过。不过,“丧家犬”应该是犯下了某种过错。然而这到底是怎样的过错呢?我想或许是我们在人生的青年时期过于享乐了吧?!假设当一个人必须在男友、工作地点、旅行地点等问题上做出抉择时,眼前都有两条道路可供选择。在她右手方是一条平坦、安全但却毫无乐趣的道路。而在她左手方的则是一条虽然危险却使人惊奇紧张、有刺激性的道路。...