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1、标准文档LoveisaFallacyMaxShulman1CharlesLamb,asmerryandenterprisingafellowasyouwillmeetinamonthofSundays,unfetteredtheinformalessaywithhismemorableOldChinaandDream'sChildren.TherefollowsaninformalessaythatventuresevenbeyondLamb'sfrontier,indeed,"informal"maynotbequitether
2、ightwordtodescribethisessay;"limp"or"flaccid"orpossibly"spongy"areperhapsmoreappropriate. 2Vaguethoughitscategory,itiswithoutdoubtanessay.Itdevelopsanargument;itcitesinstances;itreachesaconclusion.CouldCarlyledomore?CouldRuskin? 3Read,then,thefollowingessaywhichunde
3、rtakestodemonstratethatlogic,farfrombeingadry,pedanticdiscipline,isaliving,breathingthing,fullofbeauty,passion,andtrauma--Author'sNote 4CoolwasIandlogical.Keen,calculating,perspicacious,acuteandastute--Iwasallofthese.Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo,aspreciseasachemist'
4、sscales,aspenetratingasascalpel.And--thinkofit!--Iwasonlyeighteen. 5Itisnotoftenthatonesoyounghassuchagiantintellect.Take,forexample,PeteyButch,myroommateattheUniversityofMinnesota.Sameage,samebackground,butdumbasanox.Aniceenoughyoungfellow,youunderstand,butnothingup
5、stairs.Emotionaltype.Unstable.Impressionable.Worstofall,afaddist.Fads,Isubmit,aretheverynegationofreason.Tobesweptupineverynewcrazethatcomesalong,tosurrenderyourselftoidiocyjustbecauseeverybodyelseisdoingit--this,tome,istheacmeofmindlessness.Not,however,toPetey. 6One
6、afternoonIfoundPeteylyingonhisbedwithanexpressionofsuchdistressonhisfacethatIimmediatelydiagnosedappendicitis."Don'tmove,"Isaid."Don'ttakealaxative.I'llgetadoctor." 7"Raccoon,"hemumbledthickly. 8"Raccoon?"Isaid,pausinginmyflight. 9"1wantaraccooncoat,"hewailed. 10I
7、perceivedthathistroublewasnotphysical,butmental."Whydoyouwantaraccooncoat?" 11"1shouldhaveknownit,"hecried,poundinghistemples."1shouldhaveknownthey'dcomebackwhentheCharlestoncameback.LikeafoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks,andnowIcan'tgetaraccooncoat." 12"Canyoumean."
8、Isaidincredulously,"thatpeopleareactuallywearingraccooncoatsagain?"实用文案标准文档 13"AlltheBigMenonCampusarewearingthem.Where'vey
