写作的乐趣(3)
and speaking of freedom is not the author free?as fe outside him that matters.he is the sovereign of an empire?self?supporting,self? one can seq one can deprive him of his stock in trade;no one can force him to exercise his faculty against his it as he chooses.the pen is the great liberato chains can bind?no poverty can choke?no tariff can restrict the free play of his mind?and even the “times" book club can only exert a moderately depressing influence upon his reood or bad?so long as he does his best he is happy.i often fortify myself d the uncertainties and vexations of political life by believing that i possess a line of retreat into a peaceful and fertile country .it is then?indeed?that i feel grateful to all the brave and generous spirits e and in every land?have fought to establish the nolish language is.it is not possible to e positive pleasure at the richness and variety?the flexibility and the profoundness of our mother?tongue.if an english lish?and in simple english?depend upon it—it is probably not .lish is not more generally studied.i am not going to attack one htest pretension to literary tastes can be insensible to the attraction of greece and rome.but i confess our present educational system excites in my mind grave misgivings.i cannot believe that a system is good?or even reasonable? multitudes of treasures inning to aningless rigmarole.if i am told that classes are the best preparation for the study of english?i reply that by far the greater number of students finish their education e is still incomplete and any of the benefits ised as its result.
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