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[6]Myneighborisamiledistant,andnohouseisvisiblefromahehill-topswithinhalfamileofmyown.Ihavemyhorizonboundedbywoodsalltomyself;adistaherailroadwhereittouchesthepondontheonehand,andofthefencewhichskirtsthewoodlandroadoforthemostpartitisassolitarywhereIliveasontheprairies.ItisasmuchAsiaorAfriewEnglawere,myownsunandmoonandstars,andalittleworldalltomyself.Atnighttherewasravelerpassedmyhouse,orkmydoor,morethahefirstorlastmawereinthesprilongintervalssomethevillagetofishforpouts—theyplainlyfishedmutheond2oftheirownnatures,aheirhookswithdarktheysooed,usuallywithlightbaskets,aheworldtodarkome”
,andtheblaelofthenightrofanedbyanyhumanneighborhood.Ibelievethatmeillalittleafraidhthewitchesareallhung,andityanddleshavebeenintroduced.
[7]YetIexperiehatthemostsweetahemostiandengsocietymaybefoundinanynaturalobjeforthepoormisamelanan.ThereoveryblawholivesiofNatureandhashisseill....WhileIenjoythefriendshipoftheseasonsItrustthatnothingmakelifeaburdentome....
[8]Melysaytome,“Ishouldthinkyouwouldfeellohere,andwaofolks,rainyandsnowydaysandnightsespecially.”
Iamtemptedtoreplytosuch—Thiswholeearthwhihabitisbutapointinspace.Hoart,thinkyou,dwellthetwomostdistantinhabitantsofyohebreadthofwhosediskotbeappreciatedbyouris?WhyshouldIfeellonely?IsnotourplaheMilkyWay3?Thiswhichyouputseemstomeimportaion.Whatsortofspaceisthatwhichseparatesamanfromhisfellowsandmakeshimsolitary?Ihavefoundthationofthelegsgtwomindsmuearertoodowewantmosttodwello?Nottomanymehedepot,thepost-office,thebar-room,themeetiheschool-house,thegrocery,BeaHill,ortheFivePoigregate,buttotheperennialsourceofourlife,whenallourexperiencewehavefoundthattoissue,asthewillowstahewateraitsrootsinthatdire.Thiswillvarywithdifferehisistheplaceilldighiscellar....Ioneeveookoownsmen,whohasaccumulatedwhatiscalled“ahay”
—thoughIafairviewofit—ontheWaldenrapairofarket,whoinquiredofmehowIgmymindtogiveupsomasoflife.IaIwasverysureIlikeditpassablywell;Iwasnotjoking.Aomybed,aopickhiswaythroughthedarkhemudththttown—whichplacehewouldreaeinthe
[9]Aofawakeningtolifetoadeadmanmakesiimesaheplacewherethatmayoccurisalwaysthesame,andindescribablypleasanttoalloursehemostpartweallowonlyoutlyingaakeouros.Theyare,infact,thecauseofourdistraearesttoallthingsisthatpowerwhistheirbeiousthegralawsareuallybeiousisnottheehavehired,elovesowelltotalk,buttheork>
[10]“HorofoundistheihesubtlepowersofHeaveh!”
[11]“Weseektoperceivethem,aseethem;weseektohearthem,ahearthem;idehesubstahibeseparatedfromthe”
[12]“Theycausethatinalltheuniversemenpurifyandsas,ahemselvesintheirholidaygarmentstooffersacrifidoblatioors.Itisanoofsubtleiheyareeverywhere,aboveus,o,ht;theyenvironusonallsides.”
[13]Wearethesubjeexperimentwhiotalittleiome.otdowithoutthesocietyossipsalittlewhileuances—haveourownthoughtstocheerus?fuciussaystruly,“Virtuedoesnotremainasanabandonedorphan;itmustofyhaveneighbors.”
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[14]Ifinditwholesometobealoofthetime.Tobeinpahebest,issoonwearisomeanddissipatiobealohepanionthataude.Weareforthemostpartmorelonelywhenwegmeayinourchambers.Amanthinkingisalwaysalohimbewherehewill.SolitudeisnotmeasuredbythemilesofspaterveweenamanahereallydiligeihecrowdedhiveseCollege5isassolitaryasadervish6ihefarmerworkalohefieldorthewoodsallday,h,andnotfeellonesome,becauseheisemployed;butwhesitdowninaroomalohemercyofhisthoughts,butmustbewherehe“seethefolks”
,ae,ahiehimselfforhisday’ssolitude;andhendershowthestudentsitalohehouseallnightandmostofthedaywithoutennui7and“theblues”
;buthedoeshatthestudent,thoughinthehouse,isstillatworkinhisfield,andginhiswoods,asthefarmerinhis,andihesamereahelatterdoes,thoughitmaybeamoresedformofit.
[15]Societyisonlytoocheap.Wemeetatveryshortintervals,nothavinghadtimetoaynewvalueforeachother.Wemeetatmealsthreetimesaday,aheraoldmustycheesethatweare.Wehavehadtoagreeoofrules,calledetiquetteaomakethisfrequeolerableaetoopethepost-offidatthesodaboutthefiresideeveryhidareiher’sway,andstumbleoveroher,andIthihuslosesomerespeeaainlylessfrequencywouldsuffiportayunis.siderthegirlsinafaeveralone,hardlyintheirdreams.Itwouldbebetteriftherewerebutoanttoasquaremile,aswhereIlive.Thevalueofamanisnotinhisskiouchhi
[16]Ihaveheardofamanlostinthewoodsanddyingoffamiioofatree,whoselonelinesswasrelievedbythegrotesquevisionsingtobodilyweakness,hisdiseasedimaginationsurroundedhim,andwhichhebelievedtobereal.Soalso,owingtobodilyaalhealthah,wemaybeuallycheeredbyalikebutmorenormalandnaturalsodetoknowthatweareneveralone.
[17]Ihaveagreatdealofpanyinmyhouse;espethem,whennobodycalls.Letmesuggestafewparisons,thatsomeonemayideaofmysituation.Iamhantheloohatlaughssoloud,orthaself.anyhasthatlonelylake,Ipray?Ahasnottheblue8devils,butthebluea,iintofitswaters.Thesuiher,wheimesappeartobetwo,butoneisamo.Godisalohedevil,heisfarfrombeingalodealofpany;heislegion9.Iamhanasinglemulleinordandelioninapasture,orabeanleaf,orsorrel,orahorse-fly,orabumblebee.IamhantheMillBrook,oraweathercock,orthenorthstar10,orthesouthrilshower,oraJanuarythaw,orthefirstspiderinanewhouse.
Notes
1.Nay:notonlysobut,especiallywhentalkingaboutpeoplevotingagaihiogiveething
2.ond:alakeinassachusettsiedStates,anditisthepartofoionthatwasdesigionalHistoridmarkin1962;Thoreau’satofhisexperiehereinWaldeheondfamous.
3.theMilkyWay:thebarredspiralgalaxythatisvisibleasadimglowingbandarthenightsky,gao400billionstars
4.Virtuedoesnotremainasanabandonedorphan;itmustofyhaveneighbors:“德不孤,必有邻”
(出自《论语·里仁》),意思是道德并不孤立存在,必有与其相伴而生的社会基础。
5.CambridgeCollege:aprivate,non-profitcollegebasedinCambridge,Massachusetts
6.dervish:amemberofaMuslimreligiousgroupwhichhasaveryadlivelydaofitsworship
7.ennui:afeeliired,bored,anddissatisfied
8.blue:lowinspirits,usuallysadordepressedwhenthereisnoparticularreason
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