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1、WHATLIFEMEANSTOMEByJACKLONDONPRICEFIVECENTSSixtyCopiesMailedi3r$1.00CHICAGOCHARLESH.KERR&COMPANYCO-OPERATIVE--JOHNF.HIGGINSPRINTERANDBINDER80576-382MONROESTREETCHICAGO.lL‘lNOl.9WHATLIFEMEANSTOME.ByJackLondon.(ReprintedfromTheCosmopolitanMagazinebyper
2、mission.)Iwasbornintheworkingclass.Iearlydiscoveredenthusiasm,ambition,andideals;andtosatisfythesebecametheproblemofmychildlife.Myen-vironmentwascrudeandroughandraw.’Ihadnooutlook,butanuplookrather.Myplaceinsocietywasatthebottom..Herelifeofferednothi
3、ngbutsordidnessandwretchedness,both-ofthefleshandthespirit;forherefleshandspiritwerealikestarvedandtormented.Abovemetoweredthecolossaledificeofsociety,andtomymindtheonlywayoutwasup.IntothisedificeIearlyresolvedtoclimb.Upabove,menworeblackclothesandbo
4、iledshirts,andwomendressedinbeautifulgowns.Also,thereweregoodthingstoeat,andtherewasplentytoeat.Thismuchforthe8/.*4WHATLIFE?&EAR3TO3IE.i?esh.Thentherewerethethingsofthespirit.Upaboveme,Iknew,wereun-selfishnessesofthespirit,cleanandnoblethinking,keeni
5、ntellectualliving.IknewallthisbecauseIread“SeasideLibrary”novels,inwhich,withtheexceptionofthevillainsandadventuresses,allmenandwomenthoughtbeautifulthoughts,spokedbeautifultongue,andperformedgloriousdeeds.Inshort,asIacceptedthe,risingofthesun,Iaccep
6、tedthatupabovemewasallthatwasfineandnobleandgracious,allthatgavedecencyanddignitytolife,allthatmadelifeworthlivingandthatremuneratedoneforhistravailandmisery.Butitisnotparticularlyeasyforonetoclimbupoutoftheworkingclass-especiallyifheishandicapedbyth
7、epos-sessionofidealsandillusions.IlivedonaranchinCalifornia,andIwashardputtofindtheladderwherebytoclimb.Iearlyinquiredtherateofinterestonmvcatpj--weir*-.-...-.I’&andworriedmychild’sbrainintoanunderstandingofthevirtuesandexcellenciesofthatremarkablein
8、-ventionofman,compoundinterest.wIATLIFEMEANSTOME5b*::r+her,Iascertainedthecurrentratesofwagesforworkersofa’11ages,andthecostofliving.FromallthisdataIcon-cludedthatifIbeganimmediatelyandworkedandsaveduntilIwasfiftyyear>ofage,Icouldthenstopworkinganden
