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1、THEGILDEDAGEATaleofTodayByMarkTwainandCharlesDudleyWarner1873CONTENTS:PREFACE.4CHAPTERI.5CHAPTERII.12CHAPTERIII.15CHAPTERIV.19CHAPTERV.29CHAPTERVI.35CHAPTERVII.43CHAPTERVIII.48CHAPTERIX54CHAPTERX.58CHAPTERXI64CHAPTERXII68CHAPTERXIII.74CHAPTERXIV.81CHAPTERXV.86CHAPTERXVI.92CHAPTERXVII.98C

2、HAPTERXVIII.103CHAPTERXIX.109CHAPTERXX.115CHAPTERXXI.120CHAPTERXXII.125CHAPTERXXIII.132CHAPTERXXIV.134CHAPTERXXV.139CHAPTERXXVI.143CHAPTERXXVII.149CHAPTERXXVIII.153CHAPTERXXIX.161CHAPTERXXX.167CHAPTERXXXI169CHAPTER,XXXII.175CHAPTERXXXIII.179CHAPTERXXXIV.191CHAPTERXXXV.195CHAPTERXXXVI.200

3、CHAPTERXXXVII.204CHAPTERXXXVIII.207CHAPTERXXXIX.213CHAPTERXL.217CHAPTERXLI.222CHAPTERXLII228CHAPTERXLIII.240CHAPTERXLIV.244CHAPTERXLV.249CHAPTERXLVI.257CHAPTERXLVII.264CHAPTERXLVIII269CHAPTERXLIX.275CHAPTERL.281CHAPTER,LI287CHAPTERLII.293CHAPTERLIII.295CHAPTERLIV.299CHAPTERLV.306CHAPTERL

4、VI.312CHAPTERLVII.319CHAPTERLVIII.324CHAPTERLIX.330CHAPTERLX.337CHAPTERLXI.342CHAPTERLXII347CHAPTERLXIII.351PREFACE.Thisbookwasnotwrittenforprivatecirculationamongfriends;itwasnotwrittentocheerandinstructadiseasedrelativeoftheauthor's;itwasnotthrownoffduringintervalsofwearinglabortoamuse

5、anidlehour.Itwasnotwrittenforanyofthesereasons,andthereforeitissubmittedwithouttheusualapologies.Itwillbeseenthatitdealswithanentirelyidealstateofsociety;andthechiefembarrassmentofthewritersinthisrealmoftheimaginationhasbeenthewantofillustrativeexamples.InaStatewherethereisnofeverofspecu

6、lation,noinflameddesireforsuddenwealth,wherethepoorareallsimple-mindedandcontented,andtherichareallhonestandgenerous,wheresocietyisinaconditionofprimitivepurityandpoliticsistheoccupationofonlythecapableandthepatriotic,therearenecessarilynomaterialsforsuchahistoryaswehaveconstructedoutofa

7、nidealcommonwealth.Noapologyisneededforfollowingthelearnedcustomofplacingattractivescrapsofliteratureattheheadsofourchapters.IthasbeentrulyobservedbyWagnerthatsuchheadings,withtheirvaguesuggestionsofthematterwhichistofollowthem,pleasantlyinflamethereader'sinterestwithoutw