English Traits《英国人的特性》

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1、ENGLISHTRAITSbyRalphWaldoEmersonChapterIFirstVisittoEnglandIhavebeentwiceinEngland.In1833,onmyreturnfromashorttourinSicily,Italy,andFrance,IcrossedfromBoulogne,andlandedinLondonattheTowerstairs.ItwasadarkSundaymorning;therewerefewpeopleinthestreets;andIrememberthepleasureof

2、thatfirstwalkonEnglishground,withmycompanion,anAmericanartist,fromtheTowerupthroughCheapsideandtheStrand,toahouseinRussellSquare,whitherwehadbeenrecommendedtogoodchambers.Forthefirsttimeformanymonthswewereforcedtocheckthesaucyhabitoftravellers'criticism,aswecouldnolongerspe

3、akaloudinthestreetswithoutbeingunderstood.Theshop-signsspokeourlanguage;ourcountrynameswereonthedoor-plates;andthepublicandprivatebuildingsworeamorenativeandwontedfront.Likemostyoungmenatthattime,IwasmuchindebtedtothemenofEdinburgh,andoftheEdinburghReview,--toJeffrey,Mackin

4、tosh,Hallam,andtoScott,Playfair,andDeQuincey;andmynarrowanddesultoryreadinghadinspiredthewishtoseethefacesofthreeorfourwriters,--Coleridge,Wordsworth,Landor,DeQuincey,andthelatestandstrongestcontributortothecriticaljournals,Carlyle;andIsupposeifIhadsiftedthereasonsthatledme

5、toEurope,whenIwasillandwasadvisedtotravel,itwasmainlytheattractionofthesepersons.IfGoethehadbeenstillliving,ImighthavewanderedintoGermanyalso.BesidesthoseIhavenamed,(forScottwasdead,)therewasnotinBritainthemanlivingwhomIcaredtobehold,unlessitweretheDukeofWellington,whomIaft

6、erwardssawatWestminsterAbbey,atthefuneralofWilberforce.Theyoungscholarfanciesithappinessenoughtolivewithpeoplewhocangiveaninsidetotheworld;withoutreflectingthattheyareprisoners,too,oftheirownthought,andcannotapplythemselvestoyours.Theconditionsofliterarysuccessarealmostdest

7、ructiveofthebestsocialpower,astheydonotleavethatfroliclibertywhichonlycanencounteracompaniononthebestterms.Itisprobableyouleftsomeobscurecomradeatatavern,orinthefarms,withrightmother-wit,andequalitytolife,whenyoucrossedseaandlandtoplaybo-peepwithcelebratedscribes.Ihave,howe

8、ver,foundwriterssuperiortotheirbooks,andIclingtomyfirstbelief,thatastrongheadwilld

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《English Traits《英国人的特性》》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库

1、ENGLISHTRAITSbyRalphWaldoEmersonChapterIFirstVisittoEnglandIhavebeentwiceinEngland.In1833,onmyreturnfromashorttourinSicily,Italy,andFrance,IcrossedfromBoulogne,andlandedinLondonattheTowerstairs.ItwasadarkSundaymorning;therewerefewpeopleinthestreets;andIrememberthepleasureof

2、thatfirstwalkonEnglishground,withmycompanion,anAmericanartist,fromtheTowerupthroughCheapsideandtheStrand,toahouseinRussellSquare,whitherwehadbeenrecommendedtogoodchambers.Forthefirsttimeformanymonthswewereforcedtocheckthesaucyhabitoftravellers'criticism,aswecouldnolongerspe

3、akaloudinthestreetswithoutbeingunderstood.Theshop-signsspokeourlanguage;ourcountrynameswereonthedoor-plates;andthepublicandprivatebuildingsworeamorenativeandwontedfront.Likemostyoungmenatthattime,IwasmuchindebtedtothemenofEdinburgh,andoftheEdinburghReview,--toJeffrey,Mackin

4、tosh,Hallam,andtoScott,Playfair,andDeQuincey;andmynarrowanddesultoryreadinghadinspiredthewishtoseethefacesofthreeorfourwriters,--Coleridge,Wordsworth,Landor,DeQuincey,andthelatestandstrongestcontributortothecriticaljournals,Carlyle;andIsupposeifIhadsiftedthereasonsthatledme

5、toEurope,whenIwasillandwasadvisedtotravel,itwasmainlytheattractionofthesepersons.IfGoethehadbeenstillliving,ImighthavewanderedintoGermanyalso.BesidesthoseIhavenamed,(forScottwasdead,)therewasnotinBritainthemanlivingwhomIcaredtobehold,unlessitweretheDukeofWellington,whomIaft

6、erwardssawatWestminsterAbbey,atthefuneralofWilberforce.Theyoungscholarfanciesithappinessenoughtolivewithpeoplewhocangiveaninsidetotheworld;withoutreflectingthattheyareprisoners,too,oftheirownthought,andcannotapplythemselvestoyours.Theconditionsofliterarysuccessarealmostdest

7、ructiveofthebestsocialpower,astheydonotleavethatfroliclibertywhichonlycanencounteracompaniononthebestterms.Itisprobableyouleftsomeobscurecomradeatatavern,orinthefarms,withrightmother-wit,andequalitytolife,whenyoucrossedseaandlandtoplaybo-peepwithcelebratedscribes.Ihave,howe

8、ver,foundwriterssuperiortotheirbooks,andIclingtomyfirstbelief,thatastrongheadwilld

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