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1、TableofContentsStartSCOTTTUROWTHETURBULENTTRUESTORYOFAFIRSTYEARATHARVARDLAWSCHOOLBookCover:ThefirstyearofLaw-Schoolisanintellectualandemotionalordealsogruelingthatitensuresonlythefittestsurvive.Turowtakesyouinsidetheoldestandmostprestigiouslawschoolinthecountrywhenhebecomesa“OneL
2、,”asenteringstudentsareknownatHarvardLawSchool.Inabookthatbecameanationalbestseller,alawschoolprimer,andaclassicautobiography,hebringstolifethefascinating,shockingrealityofthatfirstyear.Provocativeandriveting,ONELrevealstheexperiencedirectlyfromthecombatzone:thehumiliations,trium
3、phs,hazings,betrayals,andchallengesthatwillmakehimalawyer—andforeverchangeTurow’smind,testhisprinciples,andexposehisheart.11/17/1975ItisMondaymorning,andwhenIwalkintothecentralbuilding,Icanfeelmystomachclench.ForthenextfivedaysIwillassumethatIamsomewhatlessintelligentthananyonear
4、oundme.AtmostmomentsI’llsuspectthattheprivilegeIenjoywasconferredassomekindofpeculiarhoax.IwillbecertainthatnomatterwhatIdo,Iwillnotdoitwellenough;andwhenIfail,IknowthatIwillburnwithshame.ByFridaymynerveswillbesobrittlefromsleeplessnessandpressureandintellectualfatiguethatIwillno
5、tbecertainIcanmakeitthroughtheday.Afteryearsoff,Ihavebeguntosmokecigarettesagain;lately,Iseemtobedrinkingalittleeverynight.Idonothavethetimetoreadanoveloramagazine,andIamsofarremovedfromthenewsofworldeventsthatIoftenfeelasifI’vefallenoffthedarksideoftheplanet.Iamdistractedatmostt
6、imesandhavedifficultykeepingupaconversation,evenwithmywife.Atrandominstants,Iamlikelytobestrickenwithacutefeelingsofpanic,depression,indefiniteneed,andthepeptalksandironyIpracticeonmyselfonlyseemtomakeitworse.Iamalawstudentinmyfirstyearatthelaw,andtherearemanymomentswhenIamsimply
7、amess.*PREFACEInbaseballit’stherookieyear.Inthenavyitisbootcamp.Inmanywalksoflifethereisasimilartimeoftrialandinitiation,aperiodwhennewcomersareforcedtobethevictimsoftheirownineptnessandwhentheymustsomehowmasterthebasicskillsoftheprofessioninordertosurvive.Forsomeonewhowantstobea
8、lawyer,thatprovingtimeisthefirstyearofla