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1、TheSouloftheFarEastTheSouloftheFarEastbyPercivalLowell1TheSouloftheFarEastCHAPTER1.Individuality.TheboyishbeliefthatontheothersideofourglobeallthingsareofnecessityupsidedownisstartlinglybroughtbacktothemanwhenhefirstsetsfootatYokohama.Ifhisinitialglancedoesnot,tobesure,disclosethenativesint
2、heevery-dayfeatofstandingcalmlyontheirheads,anattitudewhichhisyouthfulimaginationconceivedtobeanecessaryconsequenceoftheirgeographicalposition,itdoesatleastrevealthemlookingattheworldasiffromthestandpointofthateccentricposture.Fortheyseemtohimtoseeeverythingtopsy-turvy.Whetheritbethattheira
3、ntipodalsituationhasaffectedtheirbrains,orwhetheritisthemindoftheobserverhimselfthathashithertobeenwronginundertakingtorectifytheinvertedpicturespresentedbyhisretina,theresult,atallevents,isundeniable.Theworldstandsreversed,and,takingforgrantedhisownuprightness,thestrangerunhesitatinglyimpu
4、testothemanobliquityofvision,astateofmindoutwardlytypifiedbythecat-likeobliquenessoftheireyes.Iftheinversionbenotpreciselyofthekindheexpected,itisnonethelessstriking,andimpressiblymorereal.Ifpersonalexperiencehasdefinitelyconvincedhimthattheinhabitantsofthatundersideofourplanetdonotadhereto
5、itheaddownwards,likefliesonaceiling,--hisearlyapriorideduction,--theystillappearquiteasantipodal,mentallyconsidered.Intellectually,atleast,theirattitudesetsgravityatdefiance.Fortothemind'seyetheirworldisonehuge,comicalantithesisofourown.Whatweregardintuitivelyinonewayfromourstandpoint,theya
6、sintuitivelyobserveinadiametricallyoppositemannerfromtheirs.Tospeakbackwards,writebackwards,readbackwards,isbuttheabcoftheircontrariety.Theinversionextendsdeeperthanmeremodesofexpression,downintotheverymatterofthought.Ideasofourswhichwedeemedinnatefindinthemnohome,whilemethodswhichstrikeusa
7、spreposterouslyunnaturalappeartobetheirbirthright.Fromthestandingofawetumbrellaonitshandleinsteadofitsheadtodrytothestrikingofamatchawayinplaceoftowardone,thereseemstobenoactionofourdailylives,howevertrivial,butfindswiththemitsappropriatereaction--2TheSo
