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1、TheFaithofMenTheFaithofMenByJackLondon1TheFaithofMenARELICOFTHEPLIOCENEIwashmyhandsofhimatthestart.Icannotfatherhistales,norwillIberesponsibleforthem.Imakethesepreliminaryreservations,observe,asaguarduponmyownintegrity.Ipossessacertaindefinitepositioninasmallway,alsoawife;andfo
2、rthegoodnameofthecommunitythathonoursmyexistencewithitsapproval,andforthesakeofherposterityandmine,IcannottakethechancesIoncedid,norfosterprobabilitieswiththecarelessimprovidenceofyouth.So,Irepeat,Iwashmyhandsofhim,thisNimrod,thismightyhunter,thishomely,blue-eyed,freckle-facedT
3、homasStevens.Havingbeenhonesttomyself,andtowhateverprospectiveolivebranchesmywifemaybepleasedtotenderme,Icannowaffordtobegenerous.IshallnotcriticizethetalestoldmebyThomasStevens,and,further,Ishallwithholdmyjudgment.Ifitbeaskedwhy,IcanonlyaddthatjudgmentIhavenone.LonghaveIponder
4、ed,weighed,andbalanced,butneverhavemyconclusionsbeentwicethesame--forsooth!becauseThomasStevensisagreatermanthanI.Ifhehavetoldtruths,wellandgood;ifuntruths,stillwellandgood.Forwhocanprove?orwhodisprove?Ieliminatemyselffromtheproposition,whilethoseoflittlefaithmaydoasIhavedone--
5、gofindthesameThomasStevens,anddiscusstohisfacethevariousmatterswhich,iffortuneserve,Ishallrelate.Astowherehemaybefound?Thedirectionsaresimple:anywherebetween53northlatitudeandthePole,ontheonehand;and,ontheother,thelikeliesthuntinggroundsthatliebetweentheeastcoastofSiberiaandfar
6、thermostLabrador.Thatheisthere,somewhere,withinthatclearlydefinedterritory,Ipledgethewordofanhonourablemanwhoseexpectationsentailstraightspeakingandrightliving.ThomasStevensmayhavetoyedprodigiouslywithtruth,butwhenwefirstmet(itwerewelltomarkthispoint),hewanderedintomycampwhenIt
7、houghtmyselfathousandmilesbeyondtheoutermostpostof2TheFaithofMencivilization.Atthesightofhishumanface,thefirstinwearymonths,Icouldhavesprungforwardandfoldedhiminmyarms(andIamnotbyanymeansademonstrativeman);buttohimhisvisitseemedthemostcasualthingunderthesun.Hejuststrolledintoth
8、elightofmycamp,passedthetimeofdayafterthecustomofmenon
