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1、TheMoonandSixpenceTheMoonandSixpencebyW.SomersetMaughamAuthorof"OfHumanBondage"1TheMoonandSixpenceChapterIIconfessthatwhenfirstImadeacquaintancewithCharlesStricklandIneverforamomentdiscernedthattherewasinhimanythingoutoftheordinary.Yetnowfewwillbefoundtode
2、nyhisgreatness.Idonotspeakofthatgreatnesswhichisachievedbythefortunatepoliticianorthesuccessfulsoldier;thatisaqualitywhichbelongstotheplaceheoccupiesratherthantotheman;andachangeofcircumstancesreducesittoverydiscreetproportions.ThePrimeMinisteroutofofficei
3、sseen,toooften,tohavebeenbutapompousrhetorician,andtheGeneralwithoutanarmyisbutthetameheroofamarkettown.ThegreatnessofCharlesStricklandwasauthentic.Itmaybethatyoudonotlikehisart,butatalleventsyoucanhardlyrefuseitthetributeofyourinterest.Hedisturbsandarrest
4、s.Thetimehaspassedwhenhewasanobjectofridicule,anditisnolongeramarkofeccentricitytodefendorofperversitytoextolhim.Hisfaultsareacceptedasthenecessarycomplementtohismerits.Itisstillpossibletodiscusshisplaceinart,andtheadulationofhisadmirersisperhapsnolesscapr
5、iciousthanthedisparagementofhisdetractors;butonethingcanneverbedoubtful,andthatisthathehadgenius.Tomymindthemostinterestingthinginartisthepersonalityoftheartist;andifthatissingular,Iamwillingtoexcuseathousandfaults.IsupposeVelasquezwasabetterpainterthanElG
6、reco,butcustomstalesone'sadmirationforhim:theCretan,sensualandtragic,proffersthemysteryofhissoullikeastandingsacrifice.Theartist,painter,poet,ormusician,byhisdecoration,sublimeorbeautiful,satisfiestheaestheticsense;butthatisakintothesexualinstinct,andshare
7、sitsbarbarity:helaysbeforeyoualsothegreatergiftofhimself.Topursuehissecrethassomethingofthefascinationofadetectivestory.Itisariddlewhichshareswiththeuniversethemeritofhavingnoanswer.ThemostinsignificantofStrickland'sworkssuggestsapersonalitywhichisstrange,
8、tormented,andcomplex;anditisthissurelywhichpreventseventhosewhodonotlikehispicturesfrombeingindifferenttothem;itisthiswhichhasexcitedsocuriousaninterestinhislifeandcharacter.ItwasnottillfouryearsafterStrickla
