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1、TheBirthdayByThomasWolfeOutofthenamelessandunfathomedweavingsofbillion-footedlife,outofthedarkabyssoftimeandduty.blindchancehadbroughtthesetwotogetheronaship,andtheirfirstmeetinghadbeenuponthetimelessandimmortalseasthatbeatforeverattheshoresofoldearth.Yetlater,itwouldalw
2、aysseemtohimthathehadmetherforthefirsttime,hadcometoknowandloveherfirst,onedayatnooninbrightOctober.Thatdayhewastwenty-fiveyearsold;shehadsaidthatshewouldmeethimforhisbirthdaylunch;theyhadagreedtomeetatnoonbeforethePublicLibrary.Hegotthereearly.Itwasafineshiningday,early
3、inOctober,andtheenormouslibrary,setthereatthecity’sfuriousheart,withitsmillionsofbooks,withthebeetlingarchitecturethattoweredaroundit,andthenamelessbrutalfuryofthemanswarmmovingarounditinthestreets,hadcometoevokeforhimahorriblemockeryofrepose-andstudyinthemidstoftheblind
4、wildnessandsavageryoflife,todrownhissoulwithhopelessness,andtofillhimwithafeelingofwearinessandhorror.Butnowhisexcitementandhappinessovermeetingher,togetherwiththegloriouslifeandsparkleoftheday,hadalmostconqueredthesefeelings,andhewasconsciousofapowerfulswellingcertitude
5、ofhopeandjoyashelookedatthesurgingcrowdsuponthestreet,thethrongingtraffic,andthegreatbuildingsthatsoaredoneveryside.Itwasthedaywhenforthefirsttimeinhislifehecouldsay,“NowIamtwenty-fiveyearsold,and,likeachildwhothinksthathehasgrownnewmuscle,anewstatureovernight,themagicnu
6、meralskeptbeatinginhimlikeapulse,andheleanedthereonthebalustradefeelingasenseofexultantpowerinsidehim,asenseoftriumphforthemastery,theconviction,thatthewholeofthiswashis.Ayoungmanoftwenty-fiveistheLordofLife.Theveryageitselfis,forhim,thesymbolofhismastery.Itisthetimeforh
7、imwhenheislikelytofeelthatnow,atlast,hehasreallygrownuptoman’sestate,thattheconfusionsanduncertaintiesofhisyoutharebehindhim.Likeanignorantfighter,forhehasneverbeenbeaten,heisexultantintheassuranceofhisknowledgeandhispower.Itisawonderfultimeoflife,butitisalsoatimethatisp
8、regnantwithadeadlydanger.Forthatgreatflaskofetherwhichfeelswithinitselftheillusionsofaninvincibleandhur