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1、嘉莉妹妹(SisterCarrie)第三十三章Theimmediateresultofthiswasnothing.Resultsfromsuchthingsareusuallylongingrowing.Morningbringsachangeoffeeling.Theexistentconditioninvariablypleadsforitself.Itisonlyatoddmomentsthatwegetglimpsesofthemiseryofthings.Theheartunderstandswhenitisconfron
2、tedwithcontrasts.Takethemawayandtheachesubsides.Carriewenton,leadingmuchthissamelifeforsixmonthsthereafterormore.ShedidnotseeAmesanymore.HecalledonceupontheVances,butsheonlyheardaboutitthroughtheyoungwife.ThenhewentWest,andtherewasagradualsubsidenceofwhateverpersonalatt
3、ractionhadexisted.Thementaleffectofthethinghadnotgone,however,andneverwouldentirely.Shehadanidealtocontrastmenby--particularlymenclosetoher.Duringallthistime--aperiodrapidlyapproachingthreeyears--Hurstwoodhadbeenmovingalonginanevenpath.Therewasnoapparentslopedownward,an
4、d‘distinctlynoneupward,sofarasthecasualobservermighthaveseen.Butpsychologicallytherewasachange,whichwasmarkedenoughtosuggestthefutureverydistinctlyindeed.ThiswasinthemerematterofthehalthiscareerhadreceivedwhenhedepartedfromChicago.Aman’sfortuneormaterialprogressisverymu
5、chthesameashisbodilygrowth.Eitherheisgrowingstronger,healthier,wiser,astheyouthapproachingmanhood,orheisgrowingweaker,older,lessincisivementally,asthemanapproachingoldage.Therearenootherstates.Frequentlythereisaperiodbetweenthecessationofyouthfulaccretionandthesettingin
6、,inthecaseofthemiddle-agedman,ofthetendencytowarddecaywhenthetwoprocessesarealmostperfectlybalancedandthereislittledoingineitherdirection.Giventimeenough,however,thebalancebecomesasaggingtothegraveside.Slowlyatfirst,thenwithamodestmomentum,andatlastthegravewardprocessis
7、inthefullswing.Soitisfrequentlywithman’sfortune.Ifitsprocessofaccretionisneverhalted,ifthebalancingstageisneverreached,therewillbenotoppling.Richmenare,frequently,inthesedays,savedfromthisdissolutionoftheirfortunebytheirabilitytohireyoungerbrains.Theseyoungerbrainslooku
8、pontheinterestsofthefortuneastheirown,andsosteadyanddirectitsprogress.Ifeachindividualwereleftabsolutelytothec
