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1、.专业.专注.LoveisFallacybyMaxShulmanCoolwasIandlogical.Keen,calculating,perspicacious,acuteandastute—Iwasallofthese.Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo,preciseasachemist’sscales,aspenetratingasascalpel.And—thinkofit!—Ionlyeighteen.Itisnotoftenthatonesoyounghassuchagiantintell
2、ect.Take,forexample,PeteyBellows,myroommateattheuniversity.Sameage,samebackground,butdumbasanox.Aniceenoughfellow,youunderstand,butnothingupstairs.Emotionaltype.Unstable.Impressionable.Worstofall,afaddist.Fads,Isubmit,aretheverynegationofreason.Tobesweptupineverynew
3、crazethatcomesalong,tosurrenderoneselftoidiocyjustbecauseeverybodyelseisdoingit—this,tome,istheacmeofmindlessness.Not,however,toPetey.OneafternoonIfoundPeteylyingonhisbedwithanexpressionofsuchdistressonhisfacethatIimmediatelydiagnosedappendicitis.“Don’tmove,”Isaid,“
4、Don’ttakealaxative.I’llgetadoctor.”“Raccoon,”hemumbledthickly.“Raccoon?”Isaid,pausinginmyflight.“Iwantaraccooncoat,”hewailed.Iperceivedthathistroublewasnotphysical,butmental.“Whydoyouwantaraccooncoat?”.word可编辑..专业.专注.“Ishouldhaveknownit,”hecried,poundinghistemples.“
5、Ishouldhaveknownthey’dcomebackwhentheCharlestoncameback.LikeafoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks,andnowIcan’tgetaraccooncoat.”“Canyoumean,”Isaidincredulously,“thatpeopleareactuallywearingraccooncoatsagain?”“AlltheBigMenonCampusarewearingthem.Where’veyoubeen?”“Inthelibr
6、ary,”Isaid,namingaplacenotfrequentedbyBigMenonCampus.Heleapedfromthebedandpacedtheroom.“I’vegottohavearaccooncoat,”hesaidpassionately.“I’vegotto!”“Petey,why?Lookatitrationally.Raccooncoatsareunsanitary.Theyshed.Theysmellbad.Theyweightoomuch.They’reunsightly.They—”“Y
7、oudon’tunderstand,”heinterruptedimpatiently.“It’sthethingtodo.Don’tyouwanttobeintheswim?”“No,”Isaidtruthfully.“Well,Ido,”hedeclared.“I’dgiveanythingforaraccooncoat.Anything!”Mybrain,thatprecisioninstrument,slippedintohighgear.“Anything?”Iasked,lookingathimnarrowly.“
8、Anything,”heaffirmedinringingtones.Istrokedmychinthoughtfully.ItsohappenedthatIknewwheretogetmyhandsonaraccooncoat.Myfatherhadhadoneinhisu