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1、BeforeAdamBeforeAdamJackLondon19061BeforeAdam"Theseareourancestors,andtheirhistoryisourhistory.Rememberthatassurelyasweonedayswungdownoutofthetreesandwalkedupright,justassurely,onafarearlierday,didwecrawlupoutoftheseaandachieveourfirstadventureonland."2Before
2、AdamCHAPTERIPictures!Pictures!Pictures!Often,beforeIlearned,didIwonderwhencecamethemultitudesofpicturesthatthrongedmydreams;fortheywerepicturesthelikeofwhichIhadneverseeninrealwake-a-daylife.Theytormentedmychildhood,makingofmydreamsaprocessionofnightmaresanda
3、littlelaterconvincingmethatIwasdifferentfrommykind,acreatureunnaturalandaccursed.InmydaysonlydidIattainanymeasureofhappiness.Mynightsmarkedthereignoffear--andsuchfear!Imakeboldtostatethatnomanofallthemenwhowalktheearthwithmeeversufferfearoflikekindanddegree.F
4、ormyfearisthefearoflongago,thefearthatwasrampantintheYoungerWorld,andintheyouthoftheYoungerWorld.Inshort,thefearthatreignedsupremeinthatperiodknownastheMid-Pleistocene.WhatdoImean?IseeexplanationisnecessarybeforeIcantellyouofthesubstanceofmydreams.Otherwise,l
5、ittlecouldyouknowofthemeaningofthethingsIknowsowell.AsIwritethis,allthebeingsandhappeningsofthatotherworldriseupbeforemeinvastphantasmagoria,andIknowthattoyoutheywouldberhymelessandreasonless.WhattoyouthefriendshipofLop-Ear,thewarmlureoftheSwiftOne,thelustand
6、theatavismofRed-Eye?Ascreamingincoherenceandnomore.Andascreamingincoherence,likewise,thedoingsoftheFirePeopleandtheTreePeople,andthegibberingcouncilsofthehorde.Foryouknownotthepeaceofthecoolcavesinthecliffs,thecircusofthedrinking-placesattheendoftheday.Youhav
7、eneverfeltthebiteofthemorningwindinthetree-tops,noristhetasteofyoungbarksweetinyourmouth.Itwouldbebetter,Idaresay,foryoutomakeyourapproach,asImademine,throughmychildhood.AsaboyIwasverylikeotherboys--inmywakinghours.ItwasinmysleepthatIwasdifferent.Frommyearlie
8、strecollectionmysleepwasaperiodofterror.Rarelyweremydreamstincturedwithhappiness.Asarule,theywerestuffedwithfear--andwithafearsostrangeandalienthatithadnoponderablequality.NofearthatIexpe
