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1、ConservativesandLiberalsRalphWaldoEmersonThetwopartieswhichdividethestate,thepartyofConservativeandthatofinnovation,areveryold,andhavedisputedthepossessionoftheworldeversinceitwasmade.Thisquarrelisthesubjectofcivilhistory.Theconservativepartyestablishedthereverendhierarchiesandmonarchiesofthemostan
2、cientworld.Thebattleofpatricianandplebian,ofparentstateandcolony,ofoldusageandaccommodationtonewfacts,oftherichand,ofthepoor,reappearsinallcountriesandtimes.Thewarragesnotonlyinbattlefields,innationalcouncils,andecclesiasticalsynods,butagitateseveryman’sbosomwithopposingadvantageseveryhour.Onrollst
3、heoldworldmeantime,andnowone,nowtheothergetstheday,andstillthefightrenewsitselfasifforthefirsttime,undernewnamesandhotpersonalities.Suchanirreconcilableantagonism,ofcourse,musthaveacorrespondentdepthofseatinthehumanconstitution.ItistheoppositionofPastandFuture,ofMemoryandHope,oftheUnderstandingandR
4、eason.Itistheprimalantagonism,theappearanceintriflesofthetwopolesofnature.Thereisafragmentofoldfablewhichseemssomehowtohavebeendroppedfromthecurrentmythologies,whichmaydeserveattention,asitappearstorelatetothissubject.Saturngrewwearyofsittingalone,orwithnonebutthegreatUranusorHeavenbeholdinghim,and
5、hecreatedanoyster.Thenhewouldactagain,buthemadenothingmore,butwentoncreatingtheraceofoysters.ThenUranuscried,“anewwork,OSaturn!Theoldisnotgoodagain.”Saturnreplied,“Ifear.Thereisnotonlythealternativeofmakingandnotmaking,butalsoofunmaking.Seestthouthegreatsea,howitebbsandflows?Soisitwithme;mypowerebb
6、s;andifIputforthmyhands,Ishallnotdo,butundo.ThereforeIdowhatIhavedone;IholdwhatIhavegot;andsoIresistNightandChaos.”“OSaturn,”repliedUranus.“Thoucanstnotholdthineown,butbymakingmore.Thyoystersarebarnaclesandcockles,andwiththenextflowingofthetide,theywillbepebbleandseafoam.”“Isee,”rejoinsSaturn,“thou
7、artinleaguewithNight,thouartbecomeanevileye:thouspakestfromlove;nowthywordssmitemewithhatred.IappealtoFate,musttherenotberest?”---“IappealtoFatealso,”saidUranus,“musttherenotbemotion?”---ButSaturnwassilenta
