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1、TheWayofAllFleshSamuelButlerThiseBookwasdesignedandpublishedbyPlanetPDF.FormorefreeeBooksvisitourWebsiteathttp://www.planetpdf.com/.TohearaboutourlatestreleasessubscribetothePlanetPDFNewsletter.TheWayofAllFleshChapterIWhenIwasasmallboyatthebeginningofthecenturyIrememberanoldmanw
2、howoreknee-breechesandworstedstockings,andwhousedtohobbleaboutthestreetofourvillagewiththehelpofastick.Hemusthavebeengettingonforeightyintheyear1807,earlierthanwhichdateIsupposeIcanhardlyrememberhim,forIwasbornin1802.Afewwhitelockshungabouthisears,hisshoulderswerebentandhisknees
3、feeble,buthewasstillhale,andwasmuchrespectedinourlittleworldofPaleham.HisnamewasPontifex.Hiswifewassaidtobehismaster;Ihavebeentoldshebroughthimalittlemoney,butitcannothavebeenmuch.Shewasatall,square-shoulderedperson(IhaveheardmyfathercallheraGothicwoman)whohadinsistedonbeingmarr
4、iedtoMrPontifexwhenhewasyoungandtoogood-naturedtosaynaytoanywomanwhowooedhim.Thepairhadlivednotunhappilytogether,forMrPontifex’stemperwaseasyandhesoonlearnedtobowbeforehiswife’smorestormymoods.MrPontifexwasacarpenterbytrade;hewasalsoatonetimeparishclerk;whenIrememberhim,however,
5、hehadsofarriseninlifeastobenolongercompelledto2of736TheWayofAllFleshworkwithhisownhands.Inhisearlierdayshehadtaughthimselftodraw.Idonotsayhedrewwell,butitwassurprisingheshoulddrawaswellashedid.Myfather,whotookthelivingofPalehamabouttheyear1797,becamepossessedofagoodmanyofoldMrPo
6、ntifex’sdrawings,whichwerealwaysoflocalsubjects,andsounaffectedlypainstakingthattheymighthavepassedfortheworkofsomegoodearlymaster.IrememberthemashangingupframedandglazedinthestudyattheRectory,andtinted,asallelseintheroomwastinted,withthegreenreflectedfromthefringeofivyleavestha
7、tgrewaroundthewindows.Iwonderhowtheywillactuallyceaseandcometoanendasdrawings,andintowhatnewphasesofbeingtheywillthenenter.Notcontentwithbeinganartist,MrPontifexmustneedsalsobeamusician.Hebuilttheorganinthechurchwithhisownhands,andmadeasmalleronewhichhekeptinhisownhouse.Hecouldp
8、layasmuchashecoulddraw,notverywellaccordingtopr
