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1、HardTimesbyCharlesDickensBOOKTHEFIRST-SOWINGCHAPTERI-THEONETHINGNEEDFUL'NOW,whatIwantis,Facts.TeachtheseboysandgirlsnothingbutFacts.Factsalonearewantedinlife.Plantnothingelse,androotouteverythingelse.YoucanonlyformthemindsofreasoninganimalsuponFacts:nothing
2、elsewilleverbeofanyservicetothem.ThisistheprincipleonwhichIbringupmyownchildren,andthisistheprincipleonwhichIbringupthesechildren.SticktoFacts,sir!'Thescenewasaplain,bare,monotonousvaultofaschool-room,andthespeaker'ssquareforefingeremphasizedhisobservations
3、byunderscoringeverysentencewithalineontheschoolmaster'ssleeve.Theemphasiswashelpedbythespeaker'ssquarewallofaforehead,whichhadhiseyebrowsforitsbase,whilehiseyesfoundcommodiouscellarageintwodarkcaves,overshadowedbythewall.Theemphasiswashelpedbythespeaker'smo
4、uth,whichwaswide,thin,andhardset.Theemphasiswashelpedbythespeaker'svoice,whichwasinflexible,dry,anddictatorial.Theemphasiswashelpedbythespeaker'shair,whichbristledontheskirtsofhisbaldhead,aplantationoffirstokeepthewindfromitsshiningsurface,allcoveredwithkno
5、bs,likethecrustofaplumpie,asiftheheadhadscarcelywarehouse-roomforthehardfactsstoredinside.Thespeaker'sobstinatecarriage,squarecoat,squarelegs,squareshoulders,-nay,hisveryneckcloth,trainedtotakehimbythethroatwithanunaccommodatinggrasp,likeastubbornfact,asitw
6、as,-allhelpedtheemphasis.'Inthislife,wewantnothingbutFacts,sir;nothingbutFacts!'Thespeaker,andtheschoolmaster,andthethirdgrownpersonpresent,allbackedalittle,andsweptwiththeireyestheinclinedplaneoflittlevesselsthenandtherearrangedinorder,readytohaveimperialg
7、allonsoffactspouredintothemuntiltheywerefulltothebrim.CHAPTERII-MURDERINGTHEINNOCENTSTHOMASGRADGRIND,sir.Amanofrealities.Amanoffactsandcalculations.Amanwhoproceedsupontheprinciplethattwoandtwoarefour,andnothingover,andwhoisnottobetalkedintoallowingforanythi
8、ngover.ThomasGradgrind,sir-peremptorilyThomas-ThomasGradgrind.Witharuleandapairofscales,andthemultiplicationtablealwaysinhispocket,sir,readytoweighandmeasureanyparcelofhumannature,andtellyouexactlywhat
