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1、Glaucus/orTheWondersoftheShoreGlaucus/orTheWondersoftheShoreByChasKingsley1Glaucus/orTheWondersoftheShoreYouaregoingdown,perhaps,byrailway,topassyourusualsixweeksatsomewatering-placealongthecoast,andasyourollalongthinkmorethanonce,andthatnotover-cheerfully,ofwhatyoushalldowhen
2、yougetthere.Youarehalf-tired,half-ashamed,ofmakingonemoreintheignoblearmyofidlers,whosaunteraboutthecliffs,andsands,andquays;towhomeverywharfisbuta"wharfofLethe,"bywhichtheyrot"dullastheoozyweed."Youforeknowyourdoombysadexperience.Agreatdealofdressing,aloungeintheclub-room,ast
3、areoutofthewindowwiththetelescope,anattempttotakeabadsketch,awalkuponeparadeanddownanother,interminablereadingofthesilliestofnovels,overwhichyoufallasleeponabenchinthesun,andprobablyhaveyourumbrellastolen;apurposelessfine-weathersailinayacht,accompaniedbymanyineffectualattempt
4、stocatchamackerel,andtheconsumptionofmanycigars;whileyourboysdeafenyourears,andendangeryourpersonalsafety,byblazingawayatinnocentgullsandwillocks,whogoofftodieslowly;asportwhichyoufeeltobewanton,andcowardly,andcruel,andyetcannotfindinyourhearttostop,because"theladshavenothinge
5、lsetodo,andatalleventsitkeepsthemoutofthebilliard-room;"andafterall,andworstofall,atnightasoullessRECHAUFFEofthird-rateLondonfrivolity:thisisthelife-in-deathinwhichthousandsspendthegoldenweeksofsummer,andinwhichyouconfesswithasighthatyouaregoingtospendthem.NowIwillnotbesorudea
6、stoapplytoyoutheoldhymn-distichaboutonewho"-findssomemischiefstillForidlehandstodo:"butdoesitnotseemtoyou,thattheremustsurelybemanyathingworthlookingatearnestly,andthinkingoverearnestly,inaworldlikethis,aboutthemakingoftheleastpartwhereofGodhasemployedagesandages,furtherbackth
7、anwisdomcanguessorimaginationpicture,andupholdsthatleastparteverymomentbylawsandforcessocomplexandsowonderful,thatscience,whenittriestofathomthem,canonlylearnhowlittleitcanlearn?Anddoesitnotseemtoyouthatsixweeks'rest,freefromthecaresoftownbusinessandthewhirlwindof2Glaucus/orTh
8、eWondersoftheShoretownpleasure,couldnotbebetterspentthaninexa
