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1、MyWoodE.M.ForsterEdwardMorganForster(1879-1970),Englishessayist,novelist,biographer,andliterarycritic,wroteseveralnotableworksoffictiondealingwiththeconstrictingeffectsofsocialandnationalconventionsuponhumanrelationships.ThesenovelsincludeARoomwithaView(1908),HowardsEnd(191
2、0),andAPassagetoIndia(1924).Inaddition,hislecturesonfiction,collectedasAspectsoftheNovel(1927),remaingracefulelucidationsofthegenre.In“MyWood”takenfromhisessaycollectionAbingerHarvest(1936),Forsterwriteswithwitandwisdomabouteffectofpropertyuponhumanbehavior---notablyhisown.
3、AfewyearsagoIwroteabookwhichdealtwithinpartwiththedifficultiesoftheEnglishinIndia.FeelingthattheywouldhavehadnodifficultiesinIndiathemselves,Americansreadthebookfreely.Themoretheyreaditthebetteritmadethemfeel,andachequetotheauthorwastheresult.Iboughtawoodwiththecheque.Itisn
4、otalargewood----itcontainsscarcelyanytrees,anditisintersected,blastitbyapublicfootpath.Still,itisthefirstpropertythatIhaveowned,soitisrightthatotherpeopleshouldparticipateinmyshame,andshouldaskthemselves,inaccentsthatwillvaryinhorror,thisveryimportantquestion:Whatistheeffec
5、tuponthecharacter?Don’tlet’stouchtheeconomics;theeffectofprivateownershipuponthecommunityasawholeisanotherquestion----amoreimportantquestion,perhaps,butanotherone.Let’skeeptopsychology.Ifyouownthings,what’stheireffectonyou?What’stheeffectonmeofmywood?Inthefirstplace,itmakes
6、mefeelheavy.Propertydoeshavethiseffect.Propertyproducesmenofweight,anditwasamanofweightwhofailedtogetintotheKingdomofHeaven.Hewasnotwicked,thatunfortunatemillionaireintheparable,hewasonlystout;hestuckoutinfront,nottomentionbehind,andashewedgedhimselfthiswayandthatinthecryst
7、allineentranceandbruisedhiswell-fedflanks,hesawbeneathhimacomparativelyslimcamelpassingthroughtheeyeofaneedleandbeingwovenintotherobeofGod.TheGospelsallthroughcouplestoutnessandslowness.Theypointoutwhatisperfectlyobvious,yetseldomrealized:thatifyouhavealotofthingsyoucannotm
8、oveaboutalot,thatfurniturerequiresdusting,dustersrequireservants,servantsrequirein
