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1、WordsThatLaughandCryMarkTwainsensedthephysicalpowerofwordswhenhewrote,“Apowerfulagentistherightword.”Wheneverwecomeupononeofthoseintenselyrightwordsinabookoranewspaper,theresultingeffectisphysicalaswellasspiritualandelectricallyprompt.Diditeverstrikeyouthattherewasanythingqueeraboutthecapacityofwr
2、ittenwordstoabsorbandconveyfeelings?Takenseparatelytheyaremeresymbolswithnomorefeelingtothemthansomanybricks,butstringthemalonginarowundercertainmysteriousconditionsandyoufindyourselflaughingorcryingasyoureyerunsoverthem.Thatwordsshouldconveymereideasisnotsoremarkable.“Theboyisfat,”“thecathasninet
3、ails,”arestatementsthatseemobviouslyenoughwithinthepowerofwrittenlanguage.Butitisdifferentwithfeelings.Theyarenomorevisibleinthesymbolsthatholdthemthanelectricityisvisibleonthewire;andyettheretheyare,alwaysreadytorespondwhentherighttestisappliedbytherightperson.Thatspokenwords,chargedwithhumantone
4、sandlightedbyhumaneyes,shouldcarryfeelings,isnotsoastonishing.Themagneticsympathyoftheoratoroneunderstands;hemightaffecthisaudience,possibly,ifhespokeinalanguagetheydidnotknow.Butwrittenwords:Howcantheydoit!Suppose,forexample,thatyoupossessremarkablefacilityingroupinglanguage,andthatyouhavestrongf
5、eelingsuponsomesubject,whichfinallyyoudeterminetocommittopaper.Yourpenrunsalong,thewordspresentthemselves,oraredraggedout,andfallintotheirplaces.Youareagooddealmoved;hereyouchuckletoyourself,andhalfadozenlinesfartherdownalumpcomesintoyourthroat,andperhapsyouhavetowipeyoureyes.Youfinish,andthecopyg
6、oestotheprinter.Whenitgetsintoprintthereaderseesit.Hiseyerunsalongthelinesanddownthepageuntilitcomestotheplacewhereyouchuckledasyouwrote;thenhesmiles,andsixlinesbelowhehastoswallowseveraltimesandsnuffleandwinktorestrainanexhibitionofweakness.Andthensomeoneelsecomesalongwhohasnofeelings,andswapsthe
7、wordsaboutalittle,andtwiststhesentences;andbeholdthespellisgone,andyouhaveleftaparcelofwrittenlanguagedulychargedwithfacts,butwithoutasinglefeeling.Noonecanjugglewithwordswithanydegreeofsuccesswithoutgettingavast
