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1、TheRedBadgeofCourageTheRedBadgeofCourageAnEpisodeoftheAmericanCivilWarStephenCrane1TheRedBadgeofCourageCHAPTERI.THEcoldpassedreluctantlyfromtheearth,andtheretiringfogsrevealedanarmystretchedoutonthehills,resting.Asthelandscapechangedfrombrowntogreen,thearmyawak-ened,andbegantotremble
2、witheagernessatthenoiseofrumors.Itcastitseyesupontheroads,whichweregrowingfromlongtroughsofliquidmudtoproperthoroughfares.Ariver,amber-tintedintheshadowofitsbanks,purledatthearmy'sfeet;andatnight,whenthestreamhadbecomeofasorrowfulblackness,onecouldseeacrossitthered,eyelikegleamofhost
3、ilecamp-firessetinthelowbrowsofdistanthills.Onceacertaintallsoldierdevelopedvirtuesandwentresolutelytowashashirt.Hecameflyingbackfromabrookwavinghisgarmentbannerlike.Hewasswelledwithatalehehadheardfromareliablefriend,whohadhearditfromatruthfulcavalryman,whohadhearditfromhistrustworth
4、ybrother,oneoftheorder-liesatdivisionheadquarters.Headoptedtheimportantairofaheraldinredandgold."We'regoin't'movet'morrah--sure,"hesaidpompouslytoagroupinthecompanystreet."We'regoin''wayuptheriver,cutacross,an'comearoundinbehint'em."Tohisattentiveaudiencehedrewaloudandelaborateplanof
5、averybrilliantcampaign.Whenhehadfinished,theblue-clothedmenscatteredintosmallarguinggroupsbetweentherowsofsquatbrownhuts.Anegroteamsterwhohadbeendancinguponacrackerboxwiththehilariousencouragementoftwoscoresoldierswasdeserted.Hesatmournfullydown.Smokedriftedlazilyfromamultitudeofquai
6、ntchim-neys."It'salie!that'sallitis--athunderin'lie!"saidanotherprivateloudly.Hissmoothfacewasflushed,andhishandswerethrustsulkilyintohistrousers'pockets.Hetookthematterasanaffronttohim."Idon'tbelievethedernedoldarmy'severgoingtomove.We'reset.I'vegotreadytomoveeighttimesinthelasttwow
7、eeks,andweain'tmovedyet."Thetallsoldierfeltcalledupontodefendthetruthofarumorhehimselfhadintro-duced.Heandtheloudonecameneartofight-ingoverit.2TheRedBadgeofCourageAcorporalbegantoswearbeforetheassem-blage.Hehadjustputacostlyboardfloorinhishouse,hesaid.Duringtheearlyspringhehadrefrain
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