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1、TheLibidofortheUglyH.L.Mencken1OnaWinterdaysomeyearsago,comingoutofPittsburghononeoftheexpressesofthePennsylvaniaRailroad,IrolledeastwardforanhourthroughthecoalandsteeltownsofWestmorelandcounly.1(wasfamiliarground;boyandman,Ihadbeenthroughitoftenbefore・ButsomehowIhadneverquitesenseditsappallingd
2、esolation.HerewastheveryheartofindustrialAmerica,thecenterofitsmostlucrativeandcharacteristicactivity,theboastandprideoftherichestandgrandestnationeverseenonearth~andherewasascenesodreadfullyhideous,sointolerablybleakandforlornthatitreducedthewholeaspirationofmantoamacabreanddepressingjoke.Herew
3、aswealthbeyondcomputation,almostbeyondimagination—andherewerehumanhabitationssoabominablethattheywouldhavedisgracedaraceofalleycats.2Iamnotspeakingofmerefilth・Oneexpectssteeltownstobedirty.WhatIalludetoistheunbrokenanda^onizinRugliness,thesheerrevoltingmonstrousness,ofeveryhouseinsight.FromEastL
4、ibertytoGreensburg,adistanceoftwenty-fivemiles,therewasnotoneinsightfromthetrainthatdidnotinsultandlaceratetheeye.Someweresobad,andtheywereamongthemostpretentious—churches,stores,warehouses,andthelike—thattheyweredown-rightstartling;oneblinkedbeforethemasoneblinksbeforeamanwithhisfaceshotaway.Af
5、ewlingerinmemory,horribleeventhere:acrazylittlechurchjustwestofJeannette,setlikeadormer-windowonthesideofabareleproushill;theheadquartersoftheVeteransofForeignWarsatanotherforlorntown,asteelstadiumlikeahugerattrapsomewherefurtherdowntheline・ButmostofallIrecallthegeneraleffect—ofhideousnesswithou
6、tabreak・TherewasnotasingledecenthousewithineyerangefromthePittsburghtotheGreensburgyards.Therewasnotonethatwasnotmisshapen,andtherewasnotonethatwasnotshabby・3Thecountryitselfisnotuncomely,despitethegrimeoftheendlessmills.Itis,inform,anarrowrivervalley,withdeepgulliesrunningupintothehills.Itisthi
7、cklysettled,butnot:noticeablyovercrowded.Thereisstillplentyofroomforbuilding,eveninthelargertowns,andthereareveryfewsolidblocks.Nearlyeveryhouse,bigandlittle,hasspaceonallfoursides.Obviously,iftherewerearchitectsofanyprofess
