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1、Mr.GunnarAPEnglishLanguageandCompositionSelf-ReliancebyRalphWaldoEmersonfromEssays:FirstSeries(1841)"Netequaesiverisextra.""Manishisownstar;andthesoulthatcanRenderanhonestandaperfectman,Commandsalllight,allinfluence,allfate;Nothingtohimfallsearlyortoolate.Ouractsourangelsare,orgoodorill,Ourfa
2、talshadowsthatwalkbyusstill."EpiloguetoBeaumontandFletcher'sHonestMan'sFortuneCastthebantlingontherocks,Sucklehimwiththeshe-wolf'steat;Winteredwiththehawkandfox,Powerandspeedbehandsandfeet.ESSAYIISelf-RelianceIreadtheotherdaysomeverseswrittenbyaneminentpainterwhichwereoriginalandnotconvention
3、al.Thesoulalwayshearsanadmonitioninsuchlines,letthesubjectbewhatitmay.Thesentimenttheyinstillisofmorevaluethananythoughttheymaycontain.Tobelieveyourownthought,tobelievethatwhatistrueforyouinyourprivateheartistrueforallmen,—thatisgenius.Speakyourlatentconviction,anditshallbetheuniversalsense;f
4、ortheinmostinduetimebecomestheoutmost,——andourfirstthoughtisrenderedbacktousbythetrumpetsoftheLastJudgment.Familiarasthevoiceofthemindistoeach,thehighestmeritweascribetoMoses,Plato,andMiltonis,thattheysetatnaughtbooksandtraditions,andspokenotwhatmenbutwhattheythought.Amanshouldlearntodetectan
5、dwatchthatgleamoflightwhichflashesacrosshismindfromwithin,morethanthelustreofthefirmamentofbardsandsages.Yethedismisseswithoutnoticehisthought,becauseitishis.Ineveryworkofgeniuswerecognizeourownrejectedthoughts:theycomebacktouswithacertainalienatedmajesty.Greatworksofarthavenomoreaffectingles
6、sonforusthanthis.Theyteachustoabidebyourspontaneousimpressionwithgood-humoredinflexibilitythenmostwhenthewholecryofvoicesisontheotherside.Else,to-morrowastrangerwillsaywithmasterlygoodsensepreciselywhatwehavethoughtandfeltallthetime,andweshallbeforcedtotakewithshameourownopinionfromanother.Th
7、ereisatimeineveryman'seducationwhenhearrivesattheconvictionthatenvyisignorance;thatimitationissuicide;thathemusttakehimselfforbetter,forworse,ashisportion;thatthoughthewideuniverseisfullofgood,nokernelofnourishingcorncancometohimbutthroughhis
