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1、WordsThatLaughandCryMarkTwainsensedthephysicalpowerofwordswhenhewrote,“Apowerfulagentistherightword.”Wheneverwecomeupononeofthoseintenselyrightwordsinabookoranewspaper,theresultingeffectisphysicalaswellasspiritualandelectricallyprompt.Diditeverstrikeyouthattherewasanythi
2、ngqueeraboutthecapacityofwrittenwordstoabsorbandconveyfeelings?Takenseparatelytheyaremeresymbolswithnomorefeelingtothemthansomanybricks,butstringthemalonginarowundercertainmysteriousconditionsandyoufindyourselflaughingorcryingasyoureyerunsoverthem.Thatwordsshouldconveyme
3、reideasisnotsoremarkable.“Theboyisfat,”“thecathasninetails,”arestatementsthatseemobviouslyenoughwithinthepowerofwrittenlanguage.Butitisdifferentwithfeelings.Theyarenomorevisibleinthesymbolsthatholdthemthanelectricityisvisibleonthewire;andyettheretheyare,alwaysreadytoresp
4、ondwhentherighttestisappliedbytherightperson.Thatspokenwords,chargedwithhumantonesandlightedbyhumaneyes,shouldcarryfeelings,isnotsoastonishing.Themagneticsympathyoftheoratoroneunderstands;hemightaffecthisaudience,possibly,ifhespokeinalanguagetheydidnotknow.Butwrittenword
5、s:Howcantheydoit!Suppose,forexample,thatyoupossessremarkablefacilityingroupinglanguage,andthatyouhavestrongfeelingsuponsomesubject,whichfinallyyoudeterminetocommittopaper.Yourpenrunsalong,thewordspresentthemselves,oraredraggedout,andfallintotheirplaces.Youareagooddealmov
6、ed;hereyouchuckletoyourself,andhalfadozenlinesfartherdownalumpcomesintoyourthroat,andperhapsyouhavetowipeyoureyes.Youfinish,andthecopygoestotheprinter.Whenitgetsintoprintthereaderseesit.Hiseyerunsalongthelinesanddownthepageuntilitcomestotheplacewhereyouchuckledasyouwrote
7、;thenhesmiles,andsixlinesbelowhehastoswallowseveraltimesandsnuffleandwinktorestrainanexhibitionofweakness.Andthensomeoneelsecomesalongwhohasnofeelings,andswapsthewordsaboutalittle,andtwiststhesentences;andbeholdthespellisgone,andyouhaveleftaparcelofwrittenlanguagedulycha
8、rgedwithfacts,butwithoutasinglefeeling.Noonecanjugglewithwordswithanydegreeofsuccesswithoutgettingavast
