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1、In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea 在辽远的海极AcoupleoflargeshipsweresentuptowardtheNorthPole,todiscovertheboundariesoflandandseaandhowfaritwouldbepossibleforthehumanracetopenetrateinthatdirection.Ayearandadayhadalreadypassed,andwithgreatdifficultytheyhadtraveledhighupa
2、midmistandice.Nowwinterhadsetinagain;thesunwasgone,andonelongnightwouldlastformany,manyweeks.Allaroundthemwasavast,unbrokenplainofice,andshipsweremooredfasttotheiceitself.Thesnowwaspiledhigh,andhutsweremadeofitinshapeofbeehives,someasbigasourbarrows,othersjustlarg
3、eenoughtogiveshelterfortwoorfourmen.However,itwasn'tdark,forthenorthernlightsflashedredandblue-itwaslikeeverlasting,splendidfireworks-andthesnowglitteredbrightly;herethenightwasonelong,blazingtwilight.Atthetimewhenitwasbrightest,troopsofnativescame,strang
4、e-lookingfigures,dressedinhairyskinsanddraggingsleighsmadefromiceblocks.Theybroughtskinsinlargebundles,whichservedaswarmrugsforthesnowhutsandwereusedasbedsandbedblankets,uponwhichthesailorscouldrest,whileoutsidethecoldwasmoreintensethanweeverexperienceeveninoursev
5、erestwinters.Andthesailorsrememberedthatathomeitwasstillautumn,andtheythoughtofthewarmsunbeamsandthegloriouscrimsonandgoldoftheleavesstillclingingtothetrees.Theclockshoweditwaseveningandtimeforgoingtobed,andinoneofthesnowhutstwosailorshadalreadylaindowntorest.They
6、oungerofthesetwohadwithhimhismosttreasuredpossessionfromhome,theBiblethathisgrandmotherhadgivenhimatparting.Fromchildhoodhehadknownwhatwaswritteninit;everynightitwasunderhispillow,andeverydayhereadaportion;andoftenashelayonhiscouchherememberedthosewordsofholycomfo
7、rt,"IfItakethewingsofthemorninganddwellintheuttermostpartsofthesea;eventhereshallthyhandleadme,andthyrighthandshallholdme."Undertheinfluenceofthosesublimewordsoffaith,heclosedhiseyes.Sleepcametohim,anddreamscamewithsleep.Hedreamedthat,althoughthe
8、bodymaysleep,thesoulmusteverbeawake.Hefeltthislife,andheseemedtoheartheoldwell-knownsongssodeartohim;agentlesummerbreezeseemedtobreatheuponhim,andalightshonedownuponh
