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1、【美文欣赏】孤独是忧愁的伴侣Ifinditwholesometobealonethegreaterpartofthetime.Tobeincompany,evenwiththebest,issoonwearisomeanddissipating.Ilovetobealone.Ineverfoundthecompanionthatwassocompanionableassolitude.Weareforthemostpartmorelonelywhenwegoabroadamongmenthanwhenwestayinourchambers.Amanthin
2、kingorworkingisalwaysalone,lethimbewherehewill.Solitudeisnotmeasuredbythemilesofspacethatintervenebetweenamanandhisfellows.ThereallydiligentstudentinoneofthecrowdedhivesofCambridgeCollegeisassolitaryasadervishinthedesert.Thefarmercanworkaloneinthefieldorthewoodsallday,hoeingorchop
3、ping,andnotfeellonesome,becauseheisemployed;butwhenhecomeshomeatnighthecannotsitdowninaroomalone,atthemercyofhisthoughts,butmustbewherehecan:seethefolks,:"andrecreate,and,ashethinks,remuneratehimselfforhisday'ssolitude;andhencehewondershowthestudentcansitaloneinthehouseallnightand
4、mostofthedaywithoutennuiand:theblues:;buthedoesnotrealizethatthestudent,thoughinthehouse,isstillatworkinhisfield,andchoppinginhiswoods,asthefarmerinhis,andinturnseeksthesamerecreationandsocietythatthelatterdoes,thoughitmaybeamorecondensedformofit.我发现人若大部分时间用于独处,将有益身心。与人为伴,即使是挚友,也很
5、快会有厌烦或虚度光阴的感觉。我爱独处,我发现没有比独处更好的伴侣了。出国,身在熙攘人群中,要比退守陋室更让人寂寞。心有所想,身有所系的人总是孤身一人,不论他身处何地。独处与否也不是由人与人之间的距离来确定。在剑桥苦读的学子虽身处蜂巢般拥挤的教室,实际上却和沙漠中的苦行僧一样,是在独处。农人终日耕于田间,伐于山野,此时他虽孤单但并不寂寞,因他专心于工作;但待到他日暮而息,却未必能忍受形影相吊,空有思绪做伴的时光,他必到"可以看见大伙儿"的去处去找乐子,如他所认为的那样以补偿白日里的孤独;因此他无法理解学子如何能竟夜终日独坐而不心生厌倦或倍感凄凉;然而他没意识
6、到,学子虽身在学堂,但心系劳作,但是耕于心田,伐于学林,这正和农人一样,学子在寻求的无非是和他一样的快乐与陪伴,只是形式更简洁罢了。Societyiscommonlytoocheap.Wemeetatveryshortintervals,nothavinghadtimetoacquireanynewvalueforeachother.Wemeetatmealsthreetimesaday,andgiveeachotheranewtasteofthatoldmustycheesethatweare.Wehavehadtoagreeonacertainseto
7、frules,calledetiquetteandpoliteness,tomakethisfrequentmeetingtolerableandthatweneednotcometoopenwar.Wemeetatthepost-office,andatthesociable,andaboutthefiresideeverynight;welivethickandareineachother'sway,andstumbleoveroneanother,andIthinkthatwethuslosesomerespectforoneanother.Cert
8、ainlylessfrequencywouldsufficefor