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1、LoveisFallacybyMaxShulmanCoolwasIandlogical.Keen,calculating,perspicacious,acuteandastute—Iwasallofthese.Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo,preciseasachemist’sscales,aspenetratingasascalpel.And—thinkofit!—Ionlyeighteen.Itisnotoftenthatonesoyounghassuchagiantintellect.Take
2、,forexample,PeteyBellows,myroommateattheuniversity.Sameage,samebackground,butdumbasanox.Aniceenoughfellow,youunderstand,butnothingupstairs.Emotionaltype.Unstable.Impressionable.Worstofall,afaddist.Fads,Isubmit,aretheverynegationofreason.Tobesweptupineverynewcrazethat
3、comesalong,tosurrenderoneselftoidiocyjustbecauseeverybodyelseisdoingit—this,tome,istheacmeofmindlessness.Not,however,toPetey.OneafternoonIfoundPeteylyingonhisbedwithanexpressionofsuchdistressonhisfacethatIimmediatelydiagnosedappendicitis.“Don’tmove,”Isaid,“Don’ttakea
4、laxative.I’llgetadoctor.”“Raccoon,”hemumbledthickly.“Raccoon?”Isaid,pausinginmyflight.“Iwantaraccooncoat,”hewailed.Iperceivedthathistroublewasnotphysical,butmental.“Whydoyouwantaraccooncoat?”“Ishouldhaveknownit,”hecried,poundinghistemples.“Ishouldhaveknownthey’dcomeb
5、ackwhentheCharlestoncameback.LikeafoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks,andnowIcan’tgetaraccooncoat.”“Canyoumean,”Isaidincredulously,“thatpeopleareactuallywearingraccooncoatsagain?”“AlltheBigMenonCampusarewearingthem.Where’veyoubeen?”“Inthelibrary,”Isaid,namingaplacenotfr
6、equentedbyBigMenonCampus.Heleapedfromthebedandpacedtheroom.“I’vegottohavearaccooncoat,”hesaidpassionately.“I’vegotto!”“Petey,why?Lookatitrationally.Raccooncoatsareunsanitary.Theyshed.Theysmellbad.Theyweightoomuch.They’reunsightly.They—”“Youdon’tunderstand,”heinterrup
7、tedimpatiently.“It’sthethingtodo.Don’tyouwanttobeintheswim?”“No,”Isaidtruthfully.“Well,Ido,”hedeclared.“I’dgiveanythingforaraccooncoat.Anything!”Mybrain,thatprecisioninstrument,slippedintohighgear.“Anything?”Iasked,lookingathimnarrowly.“Anything,”heaffirmedinringingt
8、ones.Istrokedmychinthoughtfully.ItsohappenedthatIknewwheretogetmyhandsonaraccooncoat.Myfatherhadhadoneinhisundergraduatedays;itlayn
