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This selection brings together fifty classics non-fictions, written by Henry David Thoreau, William Hazlitt, Francis Bacon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Allen, G. K. Chesterton, Charles Lamb, Bertrand Russel, Robert Louis Stevenson, etc,. It’s a treasure trove of fine writing and thought-provoking essays. Spare some of your time reading it each day, you must benefit from the daily accumulation of English learning.
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目录
Title Page
01 ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS
02 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION：“WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT？”
03 THE AWFUL GERMAN LANGUAGE
04 BEFORE THE DIET OF WORMS
05 CATS
06 CHEESE
07 DARWIN’S VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
08 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
09 THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ENJOYMENT PRESENTED BY THE CONTEMPLATION OF NATURE
10 DREAM-CHILDREN A REVERIE
11 THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
12 A FREE MAN’s WORSHIP
13 THE FUTURE OF ASTRONOMY
14 A GENERAL VIEW OF THEOSOPHY
15 GIFTS
16 HOW PAIN LEADS TO KNOWLEDGE AND POWER
17 THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF
18 LINCOLN’s LAST HOURS
19 THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS
20 THE MEANING AND METHOD OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
21 MEDITATION 17
22 A MESSAGE TO GARCIA
23 A MODEST PROPOSAL
24 NEVER AGAIN！
25 NIGHT AND MOONLIGHT
26 OF TRUTH
27 ON ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND OTHER MATTERS
28 ON THE ART OF FICTION
29 ON THE FEAR OF DEATH
30 ON THE METHOD OF GRACE
31 ON THE PLEASURE OF TAKING UP one’s PEN
32 ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE
33 ON THE UNJUST CAUSES OF WAR
34 OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES
35 OUR FRIEND THE DOG
36 THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIRDS’NESTS
37 THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION
38 THE PLACE OF SCIENCE IN A LIBERAL EDUCATION
39 PUBLIC PRAYER
40 THE RHYTHM OF LIFE
41 THE SACREDNESS OF WORK
42 SELF-DENIAL NOT THE ESSENCE OF VIRTUE
43 SHOULD WOMEN BE BEAUTIFUL？
44 SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC
45 THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT（1776）
46 THE THREE KINDS OF MEN
47 TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE
48 TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE
49 WHEN A MAN COMES TO HIMSELF
50 WHY ARE ALL MEN GAMBLERS？
01 ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS
02 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION：“WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT？”
03 THE AWFUL GERMAN LANGUAGE
04 BEFORE THE DIET OF WORMS
05 CATS
06 CHEESE
07 DARWIN’S VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
08 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
09 THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ENJOYMENT PRESENTED BY THE CONTEMPLATION OF NATURE
10 DREAM-CHILDREN A REVERIE
11 THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
12 A FREE MAN’s WORSHIP
13 THE FUTURE OF ASTRONOMY
14 A GENERAL VIEW OF THEOSOPHY
15 GIFTS
16 HOW PAIN LEADS TO KNOWLEDGE AND POWER
17 THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF
18 LINCOLN’s LAST HOURS
19 THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS
20 THE MEANING AND METHOD OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
21 MEDITATION 17
22 A MESSAGE TO GARCIA
23 A MODEST PROPOSAL
24 NEVER AGAIN！
25 NIGHT AND MOONLIGHT
26 OF TRUTH
27 ON ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND OTHER MATTERS
28 ON THE ART OF FICTION
29 ON THE FEAR OF DEATH
30 ON THE METHOD OF GRACE
31 ON THE PLEASURE OF TAKING UP one’s PEN
32 ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE
33 ON THE UNJUST CAUSES OF WAR
34 OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES
35 OUR FRIEND THE DOG
36 THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIRDS’NESTS
37 THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION
38 THE PLACE OF SCIENCE IN A LIBERAL EDUCATION
39 PUBLIC PRAYER
40 THE RHYTHM OF LIFE
41 THE SACREDNESS OF WORK
42 SELF-DENIAL NOT THE ESSENCE OF VIRTUE
43 SHOULD WOMEN BE BEAUTIFUL？
44 SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC
45 THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT（1776）
46 THE THREE KINDS OF MEN
47 TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE
48 TRUTH OF INTERCOURSE
49 WHEN A MAN COMES TO HIMSELF
50 WHY ARE ALL MEN GAMBLERS？
精彩书摘
THE city has been afflicted for a short time by a curious eruption，a breaking out of jewelry stores with“large placards in their windows，inscribed，”“Take your Choice for One Dollar．”
It is all very well to tell a fellow to take his Choice，but there is，in these windows，nothing Choice to take．
Why should we，or any man，be anxious to possess various small fragments of brass，stamped in fantastic forms，and“of no value except to the loser？”
These storekeepers announce their wares at Rare bargains，but we believe—we know，in fact，that this sort of bargain is greatly Overdone．
SPUYTENTUYFEL，who is inclined to be metaphysical，says that the affair is based on a philosophical principle．Every man thinks that there are a few good articles and a great many bad ones in these One Dollar jewehly-mills：and Every man also thinks that he is shrewd enough to pick out the thing upon which the dealer makes no profit．Every man rushes in，then planks down his dollar，and carries off a-What-is-it？—a connecting link between brass and copper！
It is suggested，however，that there is some gold in the rings，pins，brooches，lockets，pencil-cases，etc．etc．，of the One Dollar shops．Oreide，the composition of which they are made，is said to give off，in vapor，when assayed，a faintly infinitesimal quantity of gold．That which remains，is infinitesimally less！
We know of a young lady，to whom some gentleman，more benevolent than judicious，presented a chain，bought as a“Rare Bargain”for one dollar．The maiden，having no rooted antipathy to ornaments of any kind，twined the chain about her neck．At night，when making her toilette de nuit，she observed a dark leadcolored ring about her snowy and swan-like throat，reminding her of ELSIE VENNER and some more of a young woman mentioned on page 55 of ALDRICH’s last volumes of poems，who had—“a dark blue scar on her throat．”
The next day，this young lady of the chain told a friend that the gold had been polished with whiting or something，that blackened her neck．She was duly surprised to learn that it was only brass，and thundering poor brass at that．
The One Dollar jewels are，in fact，much inferior to the average of decent bell-pulls．
The result of this explosion of jewelry is painful．Of course，it plays the dickens with the legitimate business，and the consequence is，that all the respectable stores have to inaugurate a One Dollar department，in which they sell as bad jewelry as anybody．The metropolis is inundated with it．The East Side absolutely gleams，glitters，glows，glares，shines，shimmers and scintillates with it．Every bookbinderess and prentice boy possesses a mass of trinkets that，in size and number at least，rival the Crown Jewels of many a kingdom．
And they tell us that the country-the far and pleasing agricultural districts—swarm with similar shops！Woe！woe to the Arcadian loiterer of the coming Summer！AMARYLLIS will shine in tawdry bracelets，and DAPHNIS will sport a hideous locket．A monstrous mosaic will rise and fall upon the bosom of PHILLIS，and the sheep will gaze in wonder upon the gorgeous guard-chain of their formosum pastor CORYDON！
But when the Summer has come and gone-when the moist air and earthy exhalations of the country shall have done their work，AMARYLLIS will look with disgust upon a pile of greenish and odorous things，stained and blackened by verdigris，and say，with a regretful voice：“These are my jewels！”
By Immanuel Kant
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity．Immaturity is the inability to use one’s own understanding without the guidance of another．
This immaturity is self-incurred if its cause is not lack of understanding，but lack of resolution and courage to use it without the guidance of another．The motto of enlightenment is therefore：Sapere aude！Have courage to use your own understanding！
Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why such a large proportion of men，even when nature has long emancipated them from alien guidance（naturaliter maiorennes），nevertheless gladly remain immature for life．For the same reasons，it is all too easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians．
It is so convenient to be immature！If I have a book to have understanding in place of me，a spiritual adviser to have a conscience for me，a doctor to judge my diet for me，and so on，I need not make any efforts at all．I need not think，so long as I can pay；others will soon enough take the tiresome job over for me．
The guardians who have kindly taken upon themselves the work of supervision will soon see to it that by far the largest part of mankind（including the entire fair sex）should consider the step forward to maturity not only as difficult but also as highly dangerous．Having first infatuated their domesticated animals，and carefully prevented the docile creatures from daring to take a single step without the leading-strings to which they are tied，they next show them the danger which threatens them if they try to walk unaided．Now this danger is not in fact so very great，for they would certainly learn to walk eventually after a few falls．But an example of this kind is intimidating，and usually frightens them off from further attempts．
It is all very well to tell a fellow to take his Choice，but there is，in these windows，nothing Choice to take．
Why should we，or any man，be anxious to possess various small fragments of brass，stamped in fantastic forms，and“of no value except to the loser？”
These storekeepers announce their wares at Rare bargains，but we believe—we know，in fact，that this sort of bargain is greatly Overdone．
SPUYTENTUYFEL，who is inclined to be metaphysical，says that the affair is based on a philosophical principle．Every man thinks that there are a few good articles and a great many bad ones in these One Dollar jewehly-mills：and Every man also thinks that he is shrewd enough to pick out the thing upon which the dealer makes no profit．Every man rushes in，then planks down his dollar，and carries off a-What-is-it？—a connecting link between brass and copper！
It is suggested，however，that there is some gold in the rings，pins，brooches，lockets，pencil-cases，etc．etc．，of the One Dollar shops．Oreide，the composition of which they are made，is said to give off，in vapor，when assayed，a faintly infinitesimal quantity of gold．That which remains，is infinitesimally less！
We know of a young lady，to whom some gentleman，more benevolent than judicious，presented a chain，bought as a“Rare Bargain”for one dollar．The maiden，having no rooted antipathy to ornaments of any kind，twined the chain about her neck．At night，when making her toilette de nuit，she observed a dark leadcolored ring about her snowy and swan-like throat，reminding her of ELSIE VENNER and some more of a young woman mentioned on page 55 of ALDRICH’s last volumes of poems，who had—“a dark blue scar on her throat．”
The next day，this young lady of the chain told a friend that the gold had been polished with whiting or something，that blackened her neck．She was duly surprised to learn that it was only brass，and thundering poor brass at that．
The One Dollar jewels are，in fact，much inferior to the average of decent bell-pulls．
The result of this explosion of jewelry is painful．Of course，it plays the dickens with the legitimate business，and the consequence is，that all the respectable stores have to inaugurate a One Dollar department，in which they sell as bad jewelry as anybody．The metropolis is inundated with it．The East Side absolutely gleams，glitters，glows，glares，shines，shimmers and scintillates with it．Every bookbinderess and prentice boy possesses a mass of trinkets that，in size and number at least，rival the Crown Jewels of many a kingdom．
And they tell us that the country-the far and pleasing agricultural districts—swarm with similar shops！Woe！woe to the Arcadian loiterer of the coming Summer！AMARYLLIS will shine in tawdry bracelets，and DAPHNIS will sport a hideous locket．A monstrous mosaic will rise and fall upon the bosom of PHILLIS，and the sheep will gaze in wonder upon the gorgeous guard-chain of their formosum pastor CORYDON！
But when the Summer has come and gone-when the moist air and earthy exhalations of the country shall have done their work，AMARYLLIS will look with disgust upon a pile of greenish and odorous things，stained and blackened by verdigris，and say，with a regretful voice：“These are my jewels！”
By Immanuel Kant
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity．Immaturity is the inability to use one’s own understanding without the guidance of another．
This immaturity is self-incurred if its cause is not lack of understanding，but lack of resolution and courage to use it without the guidance of another．The motto of enlightenment is therefore：Sapere aude！Have courage to use your own understanding！
Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why such a large proportion of men，even when nature has long emancipated them from alien guidance（naturaliter maiorennes），nevertheless gladly remain immature for life．For the same reasons，it is all too easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians．
It is so convenient to be immature！If I have a book to have understanding in place of me，a spiritual adviser to have a conscience for me，a doctor to judge my diet for me，and so on，I need not make any efforts at all．I need not think，so long as I can pay；others will soon enough take the tiresome job over for me．
The guardians who have kindly taken upon themselves the work of supervision will soon see to it that by far the largest part of mankind（including the entire fair sex）should consider the step forward to maturity not only as difficult but also as highly dangerous．Having first infatuated their domesticated animals，and carefully prevented the docile creatures from daring to take a single step without the leading-strings to which they are tied，they next show them the danger which threatens them if they try to walk unaided．Now this danger is not in fact so very great，for they would certainly learn to walk eventually after a few falls．But an example of this kind is intimidating，and usually frightens them off from further attempts．
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