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1、TheMoonandSixpenceTheMoonandSixpencebyW.SomersetMaughamAuthorof"OfHumanBondage"1TheMoonandSixpenceChapterIIconfessthatwhenfirstImadeacquaintancewithCharlesStricklandIneverforamomentdiscernedthattherewasinhimanythingoutoftheordinary.Yetnowfewwillbefoundtodenyhisgreatness.Idonot
2、speakofthatgreatnesswhichisachievedbythefortunatepoliticianorthesuccessfulsoldier;thatisaqualitywhichbelongstotheplaceheoccupiesratherthantotheman;andachangeofcircumstancesreducesittoverydiscreetproportions.ThePrimeMinisteroutofofficeisseen,toooften,tohavebeenbutapompousrhetor
3、ician,andtheGeneralwithoutanarmyisbutthetameheroofamarkettown.ThegreatnessofCharlesStricklandwasauthentic.Itmaybethatyoudonotlikehisart,butatalleventsyoucanhardlyrefuseitthetributeofyourinterest.Hedisturbsandarrests.Thetimehaspassedwhenhewasanobjectofridicule,anditisnolongeram
4、arkofeccentricitytodefendorofperversitytoextolhim.Hisfaultsareacceptedasthenecessarycomplementtohismerits.Itisstillpossibletodiscusshisplaceinart,andtheadulationofhisadmirersisperhapsnolesscapriciousthanthedisparagementofhisdetractors;butonethingcanneverbedoubtful,andthatistha
5、thehadgenius.Tomymindthemostinterestingthinginartisthepersonalityoftheartist;andifthatissingular,Iamwillingtoexcuseathousandfaults.IsupposeVelasquezwasabetterpainterthanElGreco,butcustomstalesone'sadmirationforhim:theCretan,sensualandtragic,proffersthemysteryofhissoullikeastan
6、dingsacrifice.Theartist,painter,poet,ormusician,byhisdecoration,sublimeorbeautiful,satisfiestheaestheticsense;butthatisakintothesexualinstinct,andsharesitsbarbarity:helaysbeforeyoualsothegreatergiftofhimself.Topursuehissecrethassomethingofthefascinationofadetectivestory.Itisar
7、iddlewhichshareswiththeuniversethemeritofhavingnoanswer.ThemostinsignificantofStrickland'sworkssuggestsapersonalitywhichisstrange,tormented,andcomplex;anditisthissurelywhichpreventseventhosewhodonotlikehispicturesfrombeingindifferenttothem;itisthiswhichhasexcitedsocuriousanint
8、erestinhislifeandcharacter.ItwasnottillfouryearsafterStrickla
