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1、TheBattleofLifebyCharlesDickensCHAPTERI-PartTheFirstOnceuponatime,itmatterslittlewhen,andinstalwartEngland,itmatterslittlewhere,afiercebattlewasfought.Itwasfoughtuponalongsummerdaywhenthewavinggrasswasgreen.ManyawildflowerformedbytheAlmightyHandtobeaperfumedgobletforthedew,feltitsenamelledc
2、upfilledhighwithbloodthatday,andshrinkingdropped.Manyaninsectderivingitsdelicatecolourfromharmlessleavesandherbs,wasstainedanewthatdaybydyingmen,andmarkeditsfrightenedwaywithanunnaturaltrack.Thepaintedbutterflytookbloodintotheairupontheedgesofitswings.Thestreamranred.Thetroddengroundbecamea
3、quagmire,whence,fromsullenpoolscollectedintheprintsofhumanfeetandhorses'hoofs,theoneprevailinghuestillloweredandglimmeredatthesun.Heavenkeepusfromaknowledgeofthesightsthemoonbehelduponthatfield,when,comingupabovetheblacklineofdistantrising-ground,softenedandblurredattheedgebytrees,sherosein
4、totheskyandlookedupontheplain,strewnwithupturnedfacesthathadonceatmothers'breastssoughtmothers'eyes,orslumberedhappily.Heavenkeepusfromaknowledgeofthesecretswhisperedafterwardsuponthetaintedwindthatblewacrossthesceneofthatday'sworkandthatnight'sdeathandsuffering!Manyalonelymoonwasbrightupon
5、thebattle-ground,andmanyastarkeptmournfulwatchuponit,andmanyawindfromeveryquarteroftheearthblewoverit,beforethetracesofthefightwerewornaway.Theylurkedandlingeredforalongtime,butsurvivedinlittlethings;for,Nature,farabovetheevilpassionsofmen,soonrecoveredHerserenity,andsmiledupontheguiltybatt
6、le-groundasshehaddonebefore,whenitwasinnocent.Thelarkssanghighaboveit;theswallowsskimmedanddippedandflittedtoandfro;theshadowsoftheflyingcloudspursuedeachotherswiftly,overgrassandcornandturnip-fieldandwood,andoverroofandchurch-spireinthenestlingtownamongthetrees,awayintothebrightdistanceont
7、hebordersoftheskyandearth,wheretheredsunsetsfaded.Cropsweresown,andgrewup,andweregatheredin;thestreamthathadbeencrimsoned,turnedawatermill;menwhistledattheplough;gleanersandhaymakerswereseeninquietgroupsatwork;sheepandoxenpastured;boyswhoopedandcalled,in
