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1、TravelswithaDonkeyintheCevennesbyRobertLouisStevenson.MyDearSidneyColvin,Thejourneywhichthislittlebookistodescribewasveryagreeableandfortunateforme.Afteranuncouthbeginning,Ihadthebestoflucktotheend.ButwearealltravellersinwhatJohnBunyancallsthewildernessofthisworld-all,
2、too,travellerswithadonkey:andthebestthatwefindinourtravelsisanhonestfriend.Heisafortunatevoyagerwhofindsmany.Wetravel,indeed,tofindthem.Theyaretheendandtherewardoflife.Theykeepusworthyofourselves;andwhenwearealone,weareonlynearertotheabsent.Everybookis,inanintimatesens
3、e,acircularlettertothefriendsofhimwhowritesit.Theyalonetakehismeaning;theyfindprivatemessages,assurancesoflove,andexpressionsofgratitude,droppedforthemineverycorner.Thepublicisbutagenerouspatronwhodefraysthepostage.Yetthroughtheletterisdirectedtoall,wehaveanoldandkindl
4、ycustomofaddressingitontheoutsidetoone.Ofwhatshallamanbeproud,ifheisnotproudofhisfriends?Andso,mydearSidneyColvin,itiswithpridethatIsignmyselfaffectionatelyyours,R.L.S.VELAYManyarethemightythings,andnoughtismoremightythanman.....Hemastersbyhisdevicesthetenantofthefield
5、s.SOPHOCLES.Whohathloosedthebandsofthewildass?JOB.THEDONKEY,THEPACK,ANDTHEPACK-SADDLEINalittleplacecalledLeMonastier,inapleasanthighlandvalleyfifteenmilesfromLePuy,Ispentaboutamonthoffinedays.Monastierisnotableforthemakingoflace,fordrunkenness,forfreedomoflanguage,andf
6、orunparalleledpoliticaldissension.ThereareadherentsofeachofthefourFrenchparties-Legitimists,Orleanists,Imperialists,andRepublicans-inthislittlemountain-town;andtheyallhate,loathe,decry,andcalumniateeachother.Exceptforbusinesspurposes,ortogiveeachotherthelieinatavernbra
7、wl,theyhavelaidasideeventhecivilityofspeech.'TisameremountainPoland.InthemidstofthisBabylonIfoundmyselfarallying-point;everyonewasanxioustobekindandhelpfultothestranger.Thiswasnotmerelyfromthenaturalhospitalityofmountainpeople,norevenfromthesurprisewithwhichIwasregarde
8、dasamanlivingofhisownfreewillinLeMonastier,whenhemightjustaswellhavelivedanywhereelseinthisbigworld;itaroseagooddealf
