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1、LoveisaFallacyMaxShulman1CharlesLamb,asmerryandenterprisingafellowasyouwillmeetinamonthofSundays,unfetteredtheinformalessaywithhismemorableOldChinaandDream'sChildren.TherefollowsaninformalessaythatventuresevenbeyondLamb'sfrontier,indeed,"informal"maynotbeq
2、uitetherightwordtodescribethisessay;"limp"or"flaccid"orpossibly"spongy"areperhapsmoreappropriate. 2Vaguethoughitscategory,itiswithoutdoubtanessay.Itdevelopsanargument;itcitesinstances;itreachesaconclusion.CouldCarlyledomore?CouldRuskin? 3Read,then,thefol
3、lowingessaywhichundertakestodemonstratethatlogic,farfrombeingadry,pedanticdiscipline,isaliving,breathingthing,fullofbeauty,passion,andtrauma--Author'sNote 4CoolwasIandlogical.Keen,calculating,perspicacious,acuteandastute--Iwasallofthese.Mybrainwasaspowerf
4、ulasadynamo,aspreciseasachemist'sscales,aspenetratingasascalpel.And--thinkofit!--Iwasonlyeighteen. 5Itisnotoftenthatonesoyounghassuchagiantintellect.Take,forexample,PeteyButch,myroommateattheUniversityofMinnesota.Sameage,samebackground,butdumbasanox.Anice
5、enoughyoungfellow,youunderstand,butnothingupstairs.Emotionaltype.Unstable.Impressionable.Worstofall,afaddist.Fads,Isubmit,aretheverynegationofreason.Tobesweptupineverynewcrazethatcomesalong,tosurrenderyourselftoidiocyjustbecauseeverybodyelseisdoingit--this
6、,tome,istheacmeofmindlessness.Not,however,toPetey. 6OneafternoonIfoundPeteylyingonhisbedwithanexpressionofsuchdistressonhisfacethatIimmediatelydiagnosedappendicitis."Don'tmove,"Isaid."Don'ttakealaxative.I'llgetadoctor." 7"Raccoon,"hemumbledthickly. 8"Ra
7、ccoon?"Isaid,pausinginmyflight. 9"1wantaraccooncoat,"hewailed. 10Iperceivedthathistroublewasnotphysical,butmental."Whydoyouwantaraccooncoat?" 11"1shouldhaveknownit,"hecried,poundinghistemples."1shouldhaveknownthey'dcomebackwhentheCharlestoncameback.Like
8、afoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks,andnowIcan'tgetaraccooncoat." 12"Canyoumean."Isaidincredulously,"thatpeopleareactuallywearingraccooncoatsagain?" 13"AlltheBigMenonCampusarewearingthem.Where'veyoubeen?" 14
