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1、AMeditationuponaBroomstickByJonathanSwift ACCORDINGTOTHESTYLEANDMANNEROFTHEHON.ROBERTBOYLE’SMEDITATIONS.THISsinglestick,whichyounowbeholdingloriouslylyinginthatneglectedcorner,Ionceknewinaflourishingstateinaforest.Itwasfullofsap,fullofleaves,andfullofboughs;butnowinva
2、indoesthebusyartofmanpretendtoviewithnature,bytyingthatwitheredbundleoftwigstoitssaplesstrunk;itisnowatbestbutthereverseofwhatitwas,atreeturnedupside-down,thebranchesontheearth,andtherootintheair;itisnowhandledbyeverydirtywench,condemnedtodoherdrudgery,and,byacapriciousk
3、indoffate,destinedtomakeotherthingsclean,andbenastyitself;atlength,worntothestumpsintheserviceofthemaids,itiseitherthrownoutofdoorsorcondemnedtothelastuse—ofkindlingafire.WhenIbeholdthisIsighed,andsaidwithinmyself,“Surelymortalmanisabroomstick!”Naturesenthimintotheworlds
4、trongandlusty,inathrivingcondition,wearinghisownhaironhishead,theproperbranchesofthisreasoningvegetable,tilltheaxeofintemperancehasloppedoffhisgreenboughs,andlefthimawitheredtrunk;hethenfliestoart,andputsonaperiwig,valuinghimselfuponanunnaturalbundleofhairs,allcoveredwit
5、hpowder,thatnevergrewonhishead;butnowshouldthisourbroomstickpretendtoenterthescene,proudofthosebirchenspoilsitneverbore,andallcoveredwithdust,throughthesweepingsofthefinestlady’schamber,weshouldbeapttoridiculeanddespiseitsvanity.Partialjudgesthatweareofourownexcellencies
6、,andothermen’sdefaults!Butabroomstick,perhapsyouwillsay,isanemblemofatreestandingonitshead;andpraywhatisamanbutatopsy-turvycreature,hisanimalfacultiesperpetuallymountedonhisrational,hisheadwherehisheelsshouldbe,grovellingontheearth?Andyet,withallhisfaults,hesetsuptobeaun
7、iversalreformerandcorrectorofabuses,aremoverofgrievances,rakesintoeveryslut’scornerofnature,bringinghiddencorruptionstothelight,andraisesamightydustwheretherewasnonebefore,sharingdeeplyallthewhileintheverysamepollutionshepretendstosweepaway.Hislastdaysarespentinslaveryto
8、women,andgenerallytheleastdeserving;till,worntothestumps,likehisbrotherbesom,heiseitherkickedoutofdoors
