THE WITCH AND OTHER STORIESTHE WITCH ANDOTHER STORIESANTON CHEKHOV1- Page 2-THE WITCH AND OTHER STORIESTHE WITCHIT was approaching nightfall. The sexton, Savely Gykin, was lying inhis huge bed in the hut adjoining the church. He was not asleep, though itwas his habit to go to sleep at the same time as the hens. His coarse red...
The Conditions of Existenceby Thomas H. HuxleyIN the last Lecture I endeavoured to prove to you that, while, as ageneral rule, organic beings tend to reproduce their kind, there is inthem, also, a constantly recurring tendency to varyto vary to agreater or to a less extent. Such a variety, I pointed out to you,might arise from causes which we do not understand; we therefore calledit spontaneous; and it might come into existence as a definite andmarked thing, without any gradations between itse
With Lee in VirginiaA Story Of The American Civil Warby G.A. HentyPREFACE.My Dear Lads:The Great War between the Northern and Southern States ofAmerica possesses a peculiar interest for us, not only because itwas a struggle between two sections of a people akin to us in raceand language, but because of the heroic courage with which theweaker party, with ill-fed, ill-clad, ill-equipped regiments, for fouryears sustained the contest with an adversary not only possessed of...
ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTERIt is almost a fortnight now that I am domiciled in a medievalvilla in the country, a mile or two from Florence. I cannot speakthe language; I am too old not to learn how, also too busy when Iam busy, and too indolent when I am not; wherefore some willimagine that I am having a dull time of it. But it is not so.The "help" are all natives; they talk Italian to me, I answerin English; I do not understand them, they do not understand me,...
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如果你想要知道一些关于印度的情况,你必须掏空你心中所有的先入之见。为什么要自囿于偏狭的成见?不要试图作比较。印度是与众不同的,尽管惹人气恼,但它情愿一如既往,我行我素......这就是印度的秘密:全盘地接受生活,无论是善是恶。” ——英迪拉.甘地寻找佛祖最初的真谛专家导读 孔雀王朝传至阿育王时代(公元前273-公元前236年),阿育王对南印度进行了大规模征服战争,建立了古代印度最大帝国,其版图辽阔,几乎包括了整个南亚次大陆。阿育王大力推广佛教,在全国各地修建了不少佛塔,开凿了不少石窟。他到国内各地巡视,所到之处,树立石柱,以发布敕令,进行教化,这些都成了今天人们从事文化考察和游览观光的景点。例如,桑奇的大佛塔,阿旃陀、纳西克等地的石窟,都是很精美的艺术珍品,至今为各国艺术家们所推崇。中国的唐朝高僧玄奘游历印度时,都一一作了详细记...
The Gameby Jack LondonCHAPTER IMany patterns of carpet lay rolled out before them on the floortwoof Brussels showed the beginning of their quest, and its ending inthat direction; while a score of ingrains lured their eyes andprolonged the debate between desire pocket-book. The head of thedepartment did them the honor of waiting upon them himselfor didJoe the honor, as she well knew, for she had noted the open-mouthedawe of the elevator boy who brought them up. Nor had she been blind...
我是老周。有个儿子叫子轩。在子轩上初一的时候,我把他领出了校门,在子轩18岁的时候,我把他赶出了家门;从此,我也没有了家。我的观念与行为显得出格,由此引来媒体的一连串报道。在接受媒体的采访中,我说过两句话,一句是“咱们不玩这个游戏了”,一句是“我只养你18岁”。说者无意,听者有心。本是不经意间脱口而出的口语,被记者捕捉到,最后定格为报道的标题见诸媒体。这两句话不是豪言壮语,但是它像诺言一样铸成了我们父子之间的生活事实。一位书商找来,约我以“我只养你18岁”为题做一本畅销书。起初觉得这个话题挺不错,是社会关注的热点话题,我也有话可说,就应承了。记得我还写下这样的文字:“将‘我养你18岁’定为书名,不仅仅是因为此话上过媒体,为众多读者熟知,更重要的是能传达出我的教育理念,这里包含着我对为人父母应尽义务和责任的理解,包含着对终身教育的思考,也隐含着我对现实社会国人‘早衰晚熟’...
这是作者1951年给一青年记者的废邮,“文革”时被抄走,此为残存部分。信写了四个月,在已发现的沈从文书信中,是写得最慢、最长的一封。同年11月11日,《光明日报》发表《我的学习》,是作者第一个正式发表的检讨,与这信写于同一时期。……手,根本无从下手。特别是许多书都必须放在手边自由调用,无充分经济力可作到,正如过渡者无舟楫桥梁,因掌握不住资料,任何理想通只是空空的,无办法可言!过去以为升官发财不容易,因为必有大本领的人才办得到。至于读书求知识,且一切为人而努力,总还可以希望。现在才明白也不是简单事。能力强则百事左右逢源,无往不自如。不中用,则什么事都办不通。敦煌展两个月,可惜不曾在会场中见到你。摸索四个月,倒是对于中古美术史中一小部门,学了一课,明白了些问题,不广,不深入,但碰着了一些待清理问题。...