第4节
【】surviveas
shesosuessfullydidi,andinahatnootheroldnationo
dodidgodreallyinteobeafirsterely”ther
earthsscarriage”
onceshehadadestiny.onceshesto
berelytoexist,tosurvive,andoneotbuthavefaithinherabilitytodoso,
eershoheages,afterthebeautythate
andtheglorythatearelongvanished,reershowshehasgroundand
delledfntruthsintoherooherown
blood.thisfaethingh
pupon.thereissothingdueanoldnation,arespectforhoaryoldagethat
shouldbeappliedtonationsastoindividuals.yes,eventoreoldage,eventore
survival.
foreverelseisinctforlife,astrangesupeatural,
extraordinaryvitality.shehasledalifeoftheinstinct;shehasadjustedherselfto
ehatghthavespelleddisastertoaless
robustrastitution;shehasreceivedhershareofnaturesbounty,hasgto
herflooralsupport,h
alonehavekeptherheartial
degeion.shehasutheopen,tobaskinthesunlight,to
oihe
fragranoistearth;throughherpoetry,throughthepoetryof
habitsoflifeashroughthepoetryoforefreshher,
alastoooftenaoreachgrandoldage
inthesaanindividualsdobylivingtheopenandhavinga
greatdealofsunlightandfreshair.butshehasalsolivedthroughhardtis,through
rean
srule.huurandsoall,
andsreatage,is
sothingtobe
nohatshehasreachedgrandoldage,sheisbeyondbodilyandspiritualsorrows,
andonees,beyondhopeandbeyoion.isitthe
strengthortheheworld,andhas
takenanonchalantattitudeto,itleshertodo.ever
happens,herplacidlifefloisery,
iervioustoshaandtoaitiolehuionsthatagitateyoung
breasts梐ndundauntedevenbythethreatofiediateruinandllapseforthelast
titiesah
havelosttheirsting;andtheovershadoionallifeforaperiodofafew
eaning.liketheseaizsanalogy,
sheisgreaterthanallthefishandshellfishandjellyfishinher,greaterthanthed
andrefusethrandaaulanceof
allherretuedstudents,greaterthanthehypocrisy,shaandgreedofallherpetty
officialsandtuatgeneralsandfenceridingrevolutionists,greaterthanherwars
ailenines.forshehassurvived
thell.adstilence,surroundedbyherpoorchildrenand
grandileson,andinherslei
seeherrealstrength.shequietlysipsherteaandsleson,andinhersleidetect
attisarelaziothatsavoursof
haughtinesszinesshtiness,ewhereinher
soullurksthepressive.
astrangeoldsoulagreatoldsoul
ii
butepressionofa
reallygreatisalothepointofpainftdness.itisthelotof
thegreattobesuood,andsoitisaslot.ahasbeely,
gnifiwedo
notuandandohavedoneh.betood,however,
andbeingcalledgreat,aer,anditwouldhave
beeerforeverybodyallround.buthoobeuoodwhowillbe
herinterpretersthereisthatlonghistoryofhers,veringaltitudeofkingsand
eerorsandsagesasandsothersandtalenteden.
thereareherartsandphilosophies,herpaintingsaheatres,he
npeopleoralnotionsofgoodandevil,andthattrendousss
offolkliteratureandfolklore.thelanguagealoitutesanalsthopeless
barrier.erelythroughpidginenglishistheolda
handtopihisokandahor
shallitbefroisnueroneboyorshallitbefroispradoreandshroff,
orbyreadingtherrespondehenorthadailyneionis
lyunfair.
ihebusinesstouandafnnationhafnculture,
espeonesoortal
n.forthishereisneedforbroad,brotherlyfeeling,forthefeelingofthe
nbondofhunityandthecheerofgoodfelloustfeelhthe
pulseoftheheartasind.therestbe,too,a
theuntryunderexanation,forthatisal
froneselfandonessubnsthedeeplyieddednotions
ofohosebig
oy,prosperity,capital,andsuessand
religionanddividends.oneneedsalittledetaind,
too,thatsiliindsooststtish
andye
...
shesosuessfullydidi,andinahatnootheroldnationo
dodidgodreallyinteobeafirsterely”ther
earthsscarriage”
onceshehadadestiny.onceshesto
berelytoexist,tosurvive,andoneotbuthavefaithinherabilitytodoso,
eershoheages,afterthebeautythate
andtheglorythatearelongvanished,reershowshehasgroundand
delledfntruthsintoherooherown
blood.thisfaethingh
pupon.thereissothingdueanoldnation,arespectforhoaryoldagethat
shouldbeappliedtonationsastoindividuals.yes,eventoreoldage,eventore
survival.
foreverelseisinctforlife,astrangesupeatural,
extraordinaryvitality.shehasledalifeoftheinstinct;shehasadjustedherselfto
ehatghthavespelleddisastertoaless
robustrastitution;shehasreceivedhershareofnaturesbounty,hasgto
herflooralsupport,h
alonehavekeptherheartial
degeion.shehasutheopen,tobaskinthesunlight,to
oihe
fragranoistearth;throughherpoetry,throughthepoetryof
habitsoflifeashroughthepoetryoforefreshher,
alastoooftenaoreachgrandoldage
inthesaanindividualsdobylivingtheopenandhavinga
greatdealofsunlightandfreshair.butshehasalsolivedthroughhardtis,through
rean
srule.huurandsoall,
andsreatage,is
sothingtobe
nohatshehasreachedgrandoldage,sheisbeyondbodilyandspiritualsorrows,
andonees,beyondhopeandbeyoion.isitthe
strengthortheheworld,andhas
takenanonchalantattitudeto,itleshertodo.ever
happens,herplacidlifefloisery,
iervioustoshaandtoaitiolehuionsthatagitateyoung
breasts梐ndundauntedevenbythethreatofiediateruinandllapseforthelast
titiesah
havelosttheirsting;andtheovershadoionallifeforaperiodofafew
eaning.liketheseaizsanalogy,
sheisgreaterthanallthefishandshellfishandjellyfishinher,greaterthanthed
andrefusethrandaaulanceof
allherretuedstudents,greaterthanthehypocrisy,shaandgreedofallherpetty
officialsandtuatgeneralsandfenceridingrevolutionists,greaterthanherwars
ailenines.forshehassurvived
thell.adstilence,surroundedbyherpoorchildrenand
grandileson,andinherslei
seeherrealstrength.shequietlysipsherteaandsleson,andinhersleidetect
attisarelaziothatsavoursof
haughtinesszinesshtiness,ewhereinher
soullurksthepressive.
astrangeoldsoulagreatoldsoul
ii
butepressionofa
reallygreatisalothepointofpainftdness.itisthelotof
thegreattobesuood,andsoitisaslot.ahasbeely,
gnifiwedo
notuandandohavedoneh.betood,however,
andbeingcalledgreat,aer,anditwouldhave
beeerforeverybodyallround.buthoobeuoodwhowillbe
herinterpretersthereisthatlonghistoryofhers,veringaltitudeofkingsand
eerorsandsagesasandsothersandtalenteden.
thereareherartsandphilosophies,herpaintingsaheatres,he
npeopleoralnotionsofgoodandevil,andthattrendousss
offolkliteratureandfolklore.thelanguagealoitutesanalsthopeless
barrier.erelythroughpidginenglishistheolda
handtopihisokandahor
shallitbefroisnueroneboyorshallitbefroispradoreandshroff,
orbyreadingtherrespondehenorthadailyneionis
lyunfair.
ihebusinesstouandafnnationhafnculture,
espeonesoortal
n.forthishereisneedforbroad,brotherlyfeeling,forthefeelingofthe
nbondofhunityandthecheerofgoodfelloustfeelhthe
pulseoftheheartasind.therestbe,too,a
theuntryunderexanation,forthatisal
froneselfandonessubnsthedeeplyieddednotions
ofohosebig
oy,prosperity,capital,andsuessand
religionanddividends.oneneedsalittledetaind,
too,thatsiliindsooststtish
andye
...