第 28 节
作者:低诉      更新:2021-02-27 01:23      字数:2176
  {21}  Omitted by the Censor in the authorized edition。
  {22}  Omitted by the Censor in the authorized edition。
  {23}  The above passage is omitted in the authorized edition; and the
  following is added:  〃I came to the simple and natural conclusion;
  that; if I pity the tortured horse upon which I am riding; the first
  thing for me to do is to alight; and to walk on my own feet。〃
  {24}  Omitted in the authorized edition。
  {25}  Omitted in the authorized edition。
  {26}  〃Into a worse state;〃 in the authorized edition。
  {27}  Omitted in the authorized edition。
  {28}  Omitted in the authorized edition。
  {29}  Reaumur。
  {30}  In the Moscow edition (authorized by the Censor); the
  concluding paragraph is replaced by the following: 〃They say:  The
  action of a single man is but a drop in the sea。  A drop in the sea!
  〃There is an Indian legend relating how a man dropped a pearl into
  the sea; and in order to recover it he took a bucket; and began to
  bail out; and to pour the water on the shore。  Thus he toiled without
  intermission; and on the seventh day the spirit of the sea grew
  alarmed lest the man should dip the sea dry; and so he brought him
  his pearl。  If our social evil of persecuting man were the sea; then
  that pearl which we have lost is equivalent to devoting our lives to
  bailing out the sea of that evil。  The prince of this world will take
  fright; he will succumb more promptly than did the spirit of the sea;
  but this social evil is not the sea; but a foul cesspool; which we
  assiduously fill with our own uncleanness。  All that is required is
  for us to come to our senses; and to comprehend what we are doing; to
  fall out of love with our own uncleanness;in order that that
  imaginary sea should dry away; and that we should come into
  possession of that priceless pearl;fraternal; humane life。〃
  {31}  An arshin is twenty…eight inches。
  {32}  The fast extends from the 5th to the 30th of June; O。S。  (June
  27 to July 12; N。S。)
  {33}  A pood is thirty…six pounds。
  {34}  Robinson Crusoe。
  {35}  Here something has been omitted by the Censor; which I am
  unable to supply。TRANS。
  End