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1、CHAPTERI-TheGiftBestowedEVERYBODYsaidso.Farbeitfrommetoassertthatwhateverybodysaysmustbetrue.Everybodyis,often,aslikelytobewrongasright.Inthegeneralexperience,everybodyhasbeenwrongsooften,andithastaken,inmostinstances,suchawearywhiletofindouthowwrong,thattheauthorityisprovedtobefallible.Eve
2、rybodymaysometimesberight;"butTHAT'Snorule,"astheghostofGilesScrogginssaysintheballad.Thedreadword,GHOST,recallsme.Everybodysaidhelookedlikeahauntedman.Theextentofmypresentclaimforeverybodyis,thattheyweresofarright.Hedid.Whocouldhaveseenhishollowcheek;hissunkenbrillianteye;hisblack-attiredf
3、igure,indefinablygrim,althoughwell-knitandwell-proportioned;hisgrizzledhairhanging,liketangledsea-weed,abouthisface,-asifhehadbeen,throughhiswholelife,alonelymarkforthechafingandbeatingofthegreatdeepofhumanity,-butmighthavesaidhelookedlikeahauntedman?Whocouldhaveobservedhismanner,taciturn,t
4、houghtful,gloomy,shadowedbyhabitualreserve,retiringalwaysandjocundnever,withadistraughtairofrevertingtoabygoneplaceandtime,oroflisteningtosomeoldechoesinhismind,butmighthavesaiditwasthemannerofahauntedman?Whocouldhaveheardhisvoice,slow-speaking,deep,andgrave,withanaturalfulnessandmelodyinit
5、whichheseemedtosethimselfagainstandstop,butmighthavesaiditwasthevoiceofahauntedman?Whothathadseenhiminhisinnerchamber,partlibraryandpartlaboratory,-forhewas,astheworldknew,farandwide,alearnedmaninchemistry,andateacheronwhoselipsandhandsacrowdofaspiringearsandeyeshungdaily,-whothathadseenhim
6、there,uponawinternight,alone,surroundedbyhisdrugsandinstrumentsandbooks;theshadowofhisshadedlampamonstrousbeetleonthewall,motionlessamongacrowdofspectralshapesraisedtherebytheflickeringofthefireuponthequaintobjectsaroundhim;someofthesephantoms(thereflectionofglassvesselsthatheldliquids),tre
7、mblingatheartlikethingsthatknewhispowertouncombinethem,andtogivebacktheircomponentpartstofireandvapour;-whothathadseenhimthen,hisworkdone,andheponderinginhischairbeforetherustedgrateandredflame,movinghisthinmouthasifinspeech,butsilentasthedead,wouldnotha
