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1、Candide老实人Voltaire伏尔泰Chapter1-HowCandideWasBroughtUpinaMagnificentCastleandHowHeWasDrivenThenceInthecountryofWestphalia,inthecastleofthemostnobleBaronofThunder-ten-tronckh,livedayouthwhomNaturehadendowedwithamostsweetdisposition.Hisfacewasthetrueindexofhismind.Hehadasolidjudgmentjoinedtothemostun
2、affectedsimplicity;andhence,Ipresume,hehadhisnameofCandide.TheoldservantsofthehousesuspectedhimtohavebeenthesonoftheBaron'ssister,byaverygoodsortofagentlemanoftheneighborhood,whomthatyoungladyrefusedtomarry,becausehecouldproducenomorethanthreescoreandelevenquarteringsinhisarms;therestofthegenealo
3、gicaltreebelongingtothefamilyhavingbeenlostthroughtheinjuriesoftime.TheBaronwasoneofthemostpowerfullordsinWestphalia,forhiscastlehadnotonlyagate,butevenwindows,andhisgreathallwashungwithtapestry.Heusedtohuntwithhismastiffsandspanielsinsteadofgreyhounds;hisgroomservedhimforhuntsman;andtheparsonoft
4、heparishofficiatedashisgrandalmoner.Hewascalled"MyLord"byallhispeople,andhenevertoldastorybuteveryonelaughedatit.MyLadyBaroness,whoweighedthreehundredandfiftypounds,consequentlywasapersonofnosmallconsideration;andthenshedidthehonorsofthehousewithadignitythatcommandeduniversalrespect.Herdaughterwa
5、saboutseventeenyearsofage,fresh-colored,comely,plump,anddesirable.TheBaron'ssonseemedtobeayouthineveryrespectworthyofthefatherhesprungfrom.Pangloss,thepreceptor,wastheoracleofthefamily,andlittleCandidelistenedtohisinstructionswithallthesimplicitynaturaltohisageanddisposition.MasterPanglosstaughtt
6、hemetaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology.Hecouldprovetoadmirationthatthereisnoeffectwithoutacause;and,thatinthisbestofallpossibleworlds,theBaron'scastlewasthemostmagnificentofallcastles,andMyLadythebestofallpossiblebaronesses."Itisdemonstrable,"saidhe,"thatthingscannotbeotherwisethanastheyare;foras
7、allthingshavebeencreatedforsomeend,theymustnecessarilybecreatedforthebestend.Observe,forinstance,thenoseisformedforspectacles,thereforewewearspectacles.Thelegsarevisiblydesignedforstockings,accordinglywewearstockings.S
