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1、AldousHuxleywasamostunfortunateman.Whenhediedin1963hemusthaveexpiredintheconfidentbeliefthattheeventwouldbegivenwidecoverageinthepressthenextday.Afterall,hiscareerhadnotbeenwithoutdistinction.WherehemadehisbigmistakewasindyingonthesamedaythatJohnF.Kennedywasassassinated.AsaresultHuxleygotaboutthreec

2、olumninchesatthebottomofpage27.　　InthesamewaythedeathofVictorFarrishasgonewidelyunnoticedbecausehefoolishlyshuffledoffthismortalcoilatthesametimeasMr.KonstantinChernenko.Now,asyouallknow,VictorFarriswasthechapwhoinventedthepaperclip.Thepapermilkcartontoo.Andpaperclipsandmilkcartonswillbeinuselongaft

3、ereveryonehasforgottenthenameofthecomradewhocamebetweenAndropovandwhateverthisnewblokeiscalled.　　『ThesamegoesfortheinventorofthesupermarkettrolleywhodiedinSwitzerlandafewmonthsago.』①Felloffhistrolley,sotospeak.『ForallIknow,hemaybeahouseholdnameinhisowncantonandtheyareputtingupastatueofhomewheelinghi

4、strolley,andaregoingtocommemoratehimononeofthoseever-so-tastefulSwisspostagestampsweusedtocollectwhenwewereyoungerandwiser,』②butIdoubtifhisnamewillberememberedoutsidethebordersofhissmallcountry.PersonallyIforgotitwithinminutesofreadingofhisdecease.　Notthatitmatters.Somehowitishardtoimaginethingslike

5、paperclipsandsupermarkettrolleyshavinghadanamedinventor.It’slikediscoveringthatataparticularmomentofhistoryaparticularpersoninventedthespoon,orthechair,orsocks.Oneassumesthattheseeverydayobjectsjusthappened,orevolvedthroughnaturalselection.　　Itisn’tnecessarilyso.IreadonlytheotherdaythatRichardⅡinven

6、tedthehandkerchief.AlmosteverythingelsewasinventedeitherbyLeonardodaVinci(scissors,bicycles,helicopters,andprobablyspoons,socksandtheRubikcubeaswell)orbyBenjaminFranklin(lightning-conductor,rocking-chair,bifocals)orelsebyJosephStalin(television).　　It’squitepossiblethatLeonardoorBenjaminFranklinorSta

7、linalsoinventedthesupermarkettrolley.Certainlyithasbeeninventedmorethanonce.HardlywasHerrEdelweiss(orwhatevertheSwisschapwascalled)inhisgrave,thannewscameofthedeathofSylvanN.Goodmanattheageof86.Sylvan