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1、MEMOIRSOFCARWINTHEBILOQUIST[Afragment]MEMOIRSOFCARWINTHEBILOQUIST[Afragment]CharlesBrockdenBrown1MEMOIRSOFCARWINTHEBILOQUIST[Afragment]ChapterI.Iwasthesecondsonofafarmer,whoseplaceofresidencewasawesterndistrictofPennsylvania.Myeldestbrotherseemedfittedbynaturef
2、ortheemploymenttowhichhewasdestined.Hiswishesneverledhimastrayfromthehay-stackandthefurrow.Hisideasneverrangedbeyondthesphereofhisvision,orsuggestedthepossibilitythatto-morrowcoulddifferfromto-day.Hecouldreadandwrite,becausehehadnoalternativebetweenlearningthel
3、essonprescribedtohim,andpunishment.Hewasdiligent,aslongasfearurgedhimforward,buthisexertionsceasedwiththecessationofthismotive.Thelimitsofhisacquirementsconsistedinsigninghisname,andspellingoutachapterinthebible.Mycharacterwasthereverseofhis.Mythirstofknowledge
4、wasaugmentedinproportionasitwassuppliedwithgratification.ThemoreIheardorread,themorerestlessandunconquerablemycuriositybecame.Mysenseswereperpetuallyalivetonovelty,myfancyteemedwithvisionsofthefuture,andmyattentionfasteneduponeverythingmysteriousorunknown.Myfat
5、herintendedthatmyknowledgeshouldkeeppacewiththatofmybrother,butconceivedthatallbeyondthemerecapacitytowriteandreadwasuselessorpernicious.Hetookasmuchpainstokeepmewithintheselimits,astomaketheacquisitionsofmybrothercomeuptothem,buthiseffortswerenotequallysuccess
6、fulinbothcases.Themostvigilantandjealousscrutinywasexertedinvain:Reproachesandblows,painfulprivationsandignominiouspenanceshadnopowertoslackenmyzealandabatemyperseverance.Hemightenjoinuponmethemostlaborioustasks,settheenvyofmybrothertowatchmeduringtheperformanc
7、e,makethemostdiligentsearchaftermybooks,anddestroythemwithoutmercy,whentheywerefound;buthecouldnotoutrootmydarlingpropensity.Iexertedallmypowerstoeludehiswatchfulness.2MEMOIRSOFCARWINTHEBILOQUIST[Afragment]Censuresandstripesweresufficientlyunpleasingtomakemestr
8、ivetoavoidthem.Toeffectthisdesirableend,Iwasincessantlyemployedintheinventionofstratagemsandtheexecutionofexpedients.Mypassionwassurelynotdeservingofblame,andIhavefrequently
