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1、AGoodHeartToLeanOnWhenIwasgrowingup,Iwasembarrassedtobeseenwithmyfather.Hewasseverelycrippledandveryshort,andwhenwewouldwalktogether,hishandonmyarmforbalance,peoplewouldstare.Iwouldinwardlysquirmattheunwantedattention.Ifheevernoticedorwasbothered,heneverleton.Itwa
2、sdifficulttocoordinateoursteps----andbecauseofthat,wedidn’tsaymuchaswewentalong.Butaswestartedout,healwayssaid,“Yousetthepace.Iwilltrytoadjusttoyou.”Ourusualwalkwastoorfromthesubwayonwhichhetraveledtowork.Hewenttoworksick,anddespitenastyweather.Healmostnevermissed
3、aday,andwouldmakeittotheofficeevenifotherscouldnot.Amatterofpride.Whensnoworicewasontheground,itwasimpossibleforhimtowalk,evenwithhelp.AtsuchtimesmysistersorIwouldpullhimthroughthestreetsofBrooklyn,N.Y.,onachild’ssleightothesubwayentrance.Oncethere,hewouldclingtot
4、hehandrailuntilhereachedthelowerstepsthatthewarmertunnelairkeptfreeofice.InManhattanthesubwaystationwasthebasementofhisofficebuilding,andhewouldnothavetogooutsideagainuntilwemethiminBrooklynonhiswayhome.WhenIthinkofitnow,Imarvelathowmuchcourageitmusthavetakenforag
5、rownmantosubjecthimselftosuchindignityandstress.Andathowhedidit–withoutbitternessorcomplaint.Henevertalkedabouthimselfasanobjectofpity,nordidheshowanyenvyofthemorefortunateorbale.Whathelookedforinotherswasa“goodheart”,andifhefoundone,theownerwasgoodenoughforhim.No
6、wIamolder.Ibelievethisisaproperstandardbywhichtojudgepeople,eventhoughIstilldon’tknowpreciselywhata“goodheart”is.ButIknowthetimesIdon’thaveonemyself.Unabletoengageinmanyactivities,myfatherstilltriedtoparticipateinsomeway.Whenalocalbaseballteamfounditselfwithoutama
7、nager,hekeptitgoing.HewasaknowledgeablebaseballfanandoftentookmetoEbbetsFieldtoseetheBrooklynDodgersplay.Helikedtogotodancesandparties,wherehecouldhaveagoodtimejustsittingandwatching.Onamemorableoccasionafightbrokeoutatabeachparty,witheveryonepunchingandshoving.He
8、wasn’tcontenttositandwatch,buthecouldn’tstandunaidedonthesoftsand.Infrustrationhebegantoshout,“I’llfightanyonewhowillsitdownwithme!”Nobodydid.Butthenext
