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1、TheBookoftheDamnedbyCharlesFort[1919]1APROCESSIONofthedamned.Bythedamned,Imeantheexcluded.WeshallhaveaprocessionofdatathatSciencehasexcluded.Battalionsoftheaccursed,captainedbypalliddatathatIhaveexhumed,willmarch.You'llreadthem—orthey'llmarch.Someofthemlividandsomeofthemfieryandsomeofthemrot
2、ten.Someofthemarecorpses,skeletons,mummies,twitching,tottering,animatedbycompanionsthathavebeendamnedalive.Therearegiantsthatwillwalkby,thoughsoundasleep.Therearethingsthataretheoremsandthingsthatarerags:they'llgobylikeEuclidarminarmwiththespiritofanarchy.Hereandtherewillflitlittleharlots.Ma
3、nyareclowns.Butmanyareofthehighestrespectability.Someareassassins.Therearepalestenchesandgauntsuperstitionsandmereshadowsandlivelymalices:whimsandamiabilities.Thenaïveandthepedanticandthebizarreandthegrotesqueandthesincereandtheinsincere,theprofoundandthepuerile.Astabandalaughandthepatiently
4、foldedhandsofhopelesspropriety.Theultra-respectable,butthecondemned,anyway.Theaggregateappearanceisofdignityanddissoluteness:theaggregatevoiceisadefiantprayer:butthespiritofthewholeisprocessional.Thepowerthathassaidtoallthesethingsthattheyaredamned,isDogmaticScience.Butthey'llmarch.Thelittle
5、harlotswillcaper,andfreakswilldistractattention,andtheclownswillbreaktherhythmofthewholewiththeirbuffooneries—butthesolidityoftheprocessionasawhole:theimpressivenessp.4ofthingsthatpassandpassandpass,andkeeponandkeeponandkeeponcoming.Theirresistiblenessofthingsthatneitherthreatennorjeernordef
6、y,butarrangethemselvesinmass-formationsthatpassandpassandkeeponpassing.So,bythedamned,Imeantheexcluded.ButbytheexcludedImeanthatwhichwillsomedaybetheexcluding.Oreverythingthatis,won'tbe.Andeverythingthatisn't,willbe—But,ofcourse,willbethatwhichwon'tbe—Itisourexpressionthatthefluxbetweenthatw
7、hichisn'tandthatwhichwon'tbe,orthestatethatiscommonlyandabsurdlycalled"existence,"isarhythmofheavensandhells:thatthedamnedwon'tstaydamned;thatsalvationonlyprecedesperdition.Theinferenceisthatsomedayouraccursedtatterdemalionswillbesleekangels.Thenth
