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1、THEHUMANDRIFTTHEHUMANDRIFTbyJackLondon1THEHUMANDRIFTTHEHUMANDRIFT"TheRevelationsofDevoutandLearn'dWhorosebeforeus,andasProphetsBurn'd,Areallbutstories,which,awokefromSleep,Theytoldtheircomrades,andtoSleepreturn'd."Thehistoryofcivilisationisahistoryofwandering,swordinhand,insearchoffood.Inthemisty
2、youngerworldwecatchglimpsesofphantomraces,rising,slaying,findingfood,buildingrudecivilisations,decaying,fallingundertheswordsofstrongerhands,andpassingutterlyaway.Man,likeanyotheranimal,hasrovedovertheearthseekingwhathemightdevour;andnotromanceandadventure,butthehunger-need,hasurgedhimonhisvastad
3、ventures.WhetherabankruptgentlemansailingtocoloniseVirginiaoraleanCantonesecontractingtolabouronthesugarplantationsofHawaii,ineachcase,gentlemanandcoolie,itisadesperateattempttogetsomethingtoeat,togetmoretoeatthanhecangetathome.Ithasalwaysbeenso,fromthetimeofthefirstpre-humananthropoidcrossingamo
4、untain-divideinquestofbetterberry-bushesbeyond,downtothelatestSlovak,arrivingonourshoresto-day,togotoworkinthecoal-minesofPennsylvania.Thesemigratorymovementsofpeopleshavebeencalleddrifts,andthewordisapposite.Unplanned,blind,automatic,spurredonbythepainofhunger,manhasliterallydriftedhiswayaroundt
5、heplanet.Therehavebeendriftsinthepast,innumerableandforgotten,andsoremotethatnorecordshavebeenleft,orcomposedofsuchlow-typedhumansorpre-humansthattheymadenoscratchingsonstoneorboneandleftnomonumentstoshowthattheyhadbeen.Theseearlydriftsweconjectureandknowmusthaveoccurred,justasweknowthatthefirstu
6、pright-walkingbrutesweredescendedfromsomekinofthequadrumanathroughhavingdeveloped"apairofgreattoesoutoftwoopposablethumbs."Dominatedbyfear,andbytheirveryfearacceleratingtheirdevelopment,theseearlyancestorsofours,sufferinghunger-pangsveryliketheonesweexperienceto-day,driftedon,hunting2THEHUMANDRIF
7、Tandbeinghunted,eatingandbeingeaten,wanderingthroughthousand-year-longodysseysofscreamingprimordialsavagery,untiltheylefttheirskeletonsinglacialgravels,someofthem,andtheirbone-scratchingsincave-men'slairs.Therehavebeen
