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1、HERLANDHERLANDbyCharlottePerkinsStetsonGilman1860-19351HERLANDCHAPTER1ANotUnnaturalEnterpriseThisiswrittenfrommemory,unfortunately.IfIcouldhavebroughtwithmethematerialIsocarefullyprepared,thiswouldbeaverydifferentstory.Wholebooksfullofnotes,carefullycopiedrecords,firsthanddesc
2、riptions,andthepictures--that'stheworstloss.Wehadsomebird's-eyesofthecitiesandparks;alotoflovelyviewsofstreets,ofbuildings,outsideandin,andsomeofthosegorgeousgardens,and,mostimportantofall,ofthewomenthemselves.Nobodywilleverbelievehowtheylooked.Descriptionsaren'tanygoodwhenitc
3、omestowomen,andIneverwasgoodatdescriptionsanyhow.Butit'sgottobedonesomehow;therestoftheworldneedstoknowaboutthatcountry.Ihaven'tsaidwhereitwasforfearsomeself-appointedmissionaries,ortraders,orland-greedyexpansionists,willtakeituponthemselvestopushin.Theywillnotbewanted,Icantel
4、lthemthat,andwillfareworsethanwedidiftheydofindit.Itbeganthisway.Therewerethreeofus,classmatesandfriends--TerryO.Nicholson(weusedtocallhimtheOldNick,withgoodreason),JeffMargrave,andI,VandyckJennings.Wehadknowneachotheryearsandyears,andinspiteofourdifferenceswehadagooddealincom
5、mon.Allofuswereinterestedinscience.Terrywasrichenoughtodoashepleased.Hisgreataimwasexploration.Heusedtomakeallkindsofarowbecausetherewasnothinglefttoexplorenow,onlypatchworkandfillingin,hesaid.Hefilledinwellenough--hehadalotoftalents--greatonmechanicsandelectricity.Hadallkinds
6、ofboatsandmotorcars,andwasoneofthebestofourairmen.WenevercouldhavedonethethingatallwithoutTerry.JeffMargravewasborntobeapoet,abotanist--orboth--buthisfolkspersuadedhimtobeadoctorinstead.Hewasagoodone,forhis2HERLANDage,buthisrealinterestwasinwhathelovedtocall"thewondersofscienc
7、e."Asforme,sociology'smymajor.Youhavetobackthatupwithalotofothersciences,ofcourse.I'minterestedinthemall.Terrywasstrongonfacts--geographyandmeteorologyandthose;Jeffcouldbeathimanytimeonbiology,andIdidn'tcarewhatitwastheytalkedabout,solongasitconnectedwithhumanlife,somehow.Ther
8、earefewthingsthatdon't.Wethreehadachancetojoinabigscientifice
