伊浪窮徨慕 > 将砿凪麿窮徨慕 > mark twain, a biography, 1907-1910 >

及5何蛍

mark twain, a biography, 1907-1910-及5何蛍

弌傍�� mark twain, a biography, 1907-1910 忖方�� 耽匈4000忖

梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈��梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈��梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何��
!!!!隆堋響頼��紗秘慕禰厮宴和肝写偬堋響��



     may�察�sets his foot upon English soil his fetters�察�by that act�察�fall
     away and he is a free man before the world��

     It is true�察�then�察�that all our Fourths of July�察�and we have five of
     them�察�England gave to us�察�except that one that I have mentionedthe
     Emancipation Proclamation�察�and let us not forget that we owe this
     debt to her。  Let us be able to say to old England�察�this great´
     hearted�察�venerable old mother of the race�察�you gave us our Fourths
     of July�察�that we love and that we honor and revere�察�you gave us the
     Declaration of Independence�察�which is the charter of our rights��
     you�察�the venerable Mother of Liberties�察�the Champion and Protector
     of Anglo´Saxon Freedomyou gave us these things�察�and we do most
     honestly thank you for them。

It was at this dinner that he characteristically confessed�察�at last�察�to
having stolen the Ascot Cup。

He lunched one day with Bernard Shaw�察�and the two discussed the
philosophies in which they were mutually interested。  Shaw regarded
Clemens as a sociologist before all else�察�and gave it out with great
frankness that America had produced just two great geniusesEdgar Allan
Poe and Mark Twain。  Later Shaw wrote him a note�察�in which he said��

I am persuaded that the future historian of America will find your works
as indispensable to him as a French historian finds the political tracts
of Voltaire。  I tell you so because I am the author of a play in which a
priest says�察 �Telling the truth's the funniest joke in the world�察─�a
piece of wisdom which you helped to teach me。

Clemens saw a great deal of Moberly Bell。  The two lunched and dined
privately together when there was opportunity�察�and often met at the
public gatherings。

The bare memorandum of the week following July Fourth will convey
something of Mark Twain's London activities��

     Friday�察�July 5。  Dined with Lord and Lady Portsmouth。

     Saturday�察�July 6。  Breakfasted at Lord Avebury's。  Lord Kelvin�察�Sir
     Charles Lyell�察�and Sir Archibald Geikie were there。  Sat 22 times
     for photos�察�16 at Histed's。  Savage Club dinner in the evening。 
     White suit。  Ascot Cup。

     Sunday�察�July 7。  Called on Lady Langattock and others。  Lunched with
     Sir Norman Lockyer。

     Monday�察�July 8。  Lunched with Plasmon directors at Bath Club。  Dined
     privately at C。 F。 Moberly Bell's。

     Tuesday�察�July 9。  Lunched at the House with Sir Benjamin Stone。 
     Balfour and Komura were the other guests of honor。  Punch dinner in
     the evening。  Joy Agnew and the cartoon。

     Wednesday�察�July 10。  Went to Liverpool with Tay Pay。  Attended
     banquet in the Town Hall in the evening。

     Thursday�察�July 11。  Returned to London with Tay Pay。  Calls in the
     afternoon。

The Savage Club would inevitably want to entertain him on its own
account�察�and their dinner of July 6th was a handsome�察�affair。  He felt at
home with the Savages�察�and put on white for the only time publicly in
England。  He made them one of his reminiscent speeches�察�recalling his
association with them on his first visit to London�察�thirty´seven years
before。  Then he said��

     That is a long time ago�察�and as I had come into a very strange land��
     and was with friends�察�as I could see�察�that has always remained in my
     mind as a peculiarly blessed evening�察�since it brought me into
     contact with men of my own kind and my own feelings。  I am glad to
     be here�察�and to see you all�察�because it is very likely that I shall
     not see you again。  I have been received�察�as you know�察�in the most
     delightfully generous way in England ever since I came here。  It
     keeps me choked up all the time。  Everybody is so generous�察�and they
     do seem to give you such a hearty welcome。  Nobody in the world can
     appreciate it higher than I do。

The club gave him a surprise in the course of the evening。  A note was
sent to him accompanied by a parcel�察�which�察�when opened�察�proved to
contain a gilded plaster replica of the Ascot Gold Cup。  The note said��

     Dere Mark�察�i return the Cup。  You couldn't keep your mouth shut
     about it。  'Tis 2 pretty 2 melt�察�as you want me 2�察�nest time I work
     a pinch ile have a pard who don't make after´dinner speeches。

There was a postcript which said�此 �I changed the acorn atop for another
nut with my knife。;  The acorn was�察�in fact�察�replaced by a well´modeled
head of Mark Twain。

So�察�after all�察�the Ascot Cup would be one of the trophies which he would
bear home with him across the Atlantic。

Probably the most valued of his London honors was the dinner given to him
by the staff of Punch。  Punch had already saluted him with a front´page
cartoon by Bernard Partridge�察�a picture in which the presiding genius of
that paper�察�Mr。 Punch himself�察�presents him with a glass of the
patronymic beverage with the words�察 �Sir�察�I honor myself by drinking your
health。  Long life to youand happinessand perpetual youth� �

Mr。 Agnew�察�chief editor�察�Linley Sambourne�察�Francis Burnand�察�Henry Lucy��
and others of the staff welcomed him at the Punch offices at 10 Bouverie
Street�察�in the historic Punch dining´room where Thackeray had sat�察�and
Douglas Jerrold�察�and so many of the great departed。  Mark Twain was the
first foreign visitor to be so honoredin fifty years the first stranger
to sit at the sacred boarda mighty distinction。  In the course of the
dinner they gave him a pretty surprise�察�when little joy Agnew presented
him with the original drawing of Partridge's cartoon。

Nothing could have appealed to him more�察�and the Punch dinner�察�with its
associations and that dainty presentation�察�remained apart in his memory
from all other feastings。

Clemens had intended to return early in July�察�but so much was happening
that he postponed his sailing until the 13th。  Before leaving America�察�he
had declined a dinner offered by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool。

Repeatedly urged to let Liverpool share in his visit�察�he had reconsidered
now�察�and on the day following the Punch dinner�察�on July loth�察�they
carried him�察�with T。 P。 O'Connor ��Tay Pay�� in the Prince of Wales's
special coach to Liverpool�察�to be guest of honor at the reception and
banquet which Lord Mayor Japp tendered him at the Town Hall。  Clemens was
too tired to be present while the courses were being served�察�but arrived
rested and fresh to respond to his toast。  Perhaps because it was his
farewell speech in England�察�he made that night the most effective address
of his four weeks' visitone of the most effective of his whole career��
He began by some light reference to the Ascot Cup and the Dublin Jewels
and the State Regalia�察�and other disappearances that had been laid to his
charge�察�to amuse his hearers�察�and spoke at greater length than usual�察�and
with even greater variety。  Then laying all levity aside�察�he told them��
like the Queen of Sheba�察�all that was in his heart 。

     。  。  。  Home is dear to us all�察�and now I am departing to my own
     home beyond the ocean。  Oxford has conferred upon me the highest
     honor that has ever fallen to my share of this life's prizes。  It is
     the very one I would have chosen�察�as outranking all and any others��
     the one more precious to me than any and all others within the gift
     of man or state。  During my four weeks' sojourn in England I have
     had another lofty honor�察�a continuous honor�察�an honor which has
     flowed serenely along�察�without halt or obstruction�察�through all
     these twenty´six days�察�a most moving and pulse´stirring honorthe
     heartfelt grip of the hand�察�and the welcome that does not descend
     from the pale´gray matter of the brain�察�but rushes up with the red
     blood from the heart。  It makes me proud and sometimes it makes me
     humble�察�too。  Many and many a year ago I gathered an incident from
     Dana's Two Years Before the Mast。  It was like this�此�There was a
     presumptuous little self´important skipper in a coasting sloop
     engaged in the dried´apple and kitchen´furniture trade�察�and he was
     always hailing every ship that came in sight。  He did it just to
     hear himself talk and to air his small grandeur。  One day a majestic
     Indiaman came plowing by with course on course of canvas towering
     into the sky�察�her decks and yards swarming with sailors�察�her hull
     burdened to the Plimsoll line with a rich freightage of precious
     spices�察�lading the breezes with gracious and mysterious odors of the
     Orient。  It was a noble spectacle�察�a sublime spectacle�  �Of course
     the little skipper popped into the shrouds and squeaked out a hail��
     ;Ship ahoy�  �What ship is that�拭 �And whence and whither�拭─ �In a deep
     and thunderous bass the answer came back through the speaking´
     trumpet�察 �The Begum�察�of Bengal142 days out from Cantonhomeward
     bound�  �What ship is that�拭─ �Well�察�it just crushed that poor little
     creature's vanity flat�察�and he squeaked back most humbly�察 �Only the
     Mary Ann�察�fourteen hours out from Boston�察�bound for Kittery Point
     with nothing to speak of� ─ �Oh�察�what an eloquent word that ;only�察�
     to express the depths of his humbleness�  �That is just my case。 
     During just one hour in the twenty´fournot moreI pause and
     reflect in the stillness of the night with the echoes of your
     English welcome still lingering in my ears�察�and then I am humble。 
     Then I am properly meek�察�and for that little while I am only the
     Mary Ann�察�fourteen hours out�察�cargoed with vegetables and tinware��
     but during all the other twenty´three hours my vain self´complacency
     rides high on the white crests of your approval�察�and then I am a
     stately Indiaman�察�plowing the great seas under a cloud of canvas and
     laden with the kindest words that have ever been vouchsafed to any
     wandering alien in this world�察�I think�察�then my twenty´six fortunate
     days on this old mother soil seem to be multiplied by six�察�and I am
     the Begum�察�of Bengal�察�142 days out from Cantonhomeward bound��

He returned to London�察�and with one of his young acquaintances�察�an
Americanhe called her Francescapaid many calls。  It took the
dreariness out of that social function t

卦指朕村 貧匯匈 和匯匈 指欺競何 壘��0�� 家��0��

低辛嬬浪散議