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Tropic of Capricorn 20
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I deserted1 them one by one, without the slightest regret.
What was there then in this book which could mean so much to me and yet remain obscure? I come back to the word creative. 1am sure that the whole mystery lies in the realization2 of the meaning of this word. When I think of the book now, and the way I approached it, I think of a man going through the rites3 of initiation4. The disorientation and reorientation which comes with the initiation into any mystery is the most wonderful experience which it is possible to have. Everything which the brain has laboured for a lifetime to assimilate, categorize and synthesize has to be taken apart and reordered. Moving day for the soul! And of course it's not for a day, but for weeks and months that this goes on. You meet a friend on the street by chance, one whom you haven't seen for several weeks, and he has become an absolute stranger to you. You give him a few signals from your new perch5 and if he doesn't cotton you pass him up - for good. It's exactly like mopping up a battlefield: all those who are hopelessly disabled and agonizing6 you dispatch with one swift blow of your dub7. You move on, to new fields of battle, to new triumphs or defeats. But you move! And as yon move the world moves with you, with terrifying exactitude. You seek out new fields of operation, new specimens8 of the human race whom you patiently instruct and equip with the new symbols. You choose sometimes those you would never have looked at before. You try everybody and everything within range, provided they are ignorant of the revelation.
It was in this fashion that I found myself sitting in the busheling room of my father's establishment, reading aloud to the Jews who were working there. Reading to them from this new Bible in the way that Paul must have talked to the
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| adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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realization
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| 仪式,典礼( rite的名词复数 ) | |
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| adj.痛苦难忍的;使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦;折磨(agonize的ing形式) | |
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specimens
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disciples
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| n.信徒( disciple的名词复数 );门徒;耶稣的信徒;(尤指)耶稣十二门徒之一 | |
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bastards
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| 私生子( bastard的名词复数 ); 坏蛋; 讨厌的事物; 麻烦事 (认为别人走运或不幸时说)家伙 | |
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ward
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random
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| adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动 | |
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| adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
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labyrinth
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| n.迷宫;难解的事物;迷路 | |
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burrow
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cemetery
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| n.坟墓,墓地,坟场 | |
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ghetto
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intestines
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guardian
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dynamite
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| n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破) | |
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nibble
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| n.轻咬,啃;v.一点点地咬,慢慢啃,吹毛求疵 | |
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meditatively
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cogently
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utterly
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annihilate
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| v.使无效;毁灭;取消 | |
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sardines
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| n. 沙丁鱼 | |
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| v.骚扰( molest的现在分词 );干扰;调戏;猥亵 | |
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| adj.小巧可爱的,小的 | |
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tornado
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| n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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maniac
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| n.精神癫狂的人;疯子 | |
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monstrous
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| adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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automaton
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coma
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slag
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delirious
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mirage
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| n.海市蜃楼,幻景 | |
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rendezvous
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| vt.乱砍(mangle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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shrieking
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annihilated
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precisely
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mattress
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faculties
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| v.照料(自己),(自己)谋生,挡开,避开 | |
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| (捕猎野兽用的)陷阱( pitfall的名词复数 ); 意想不到的困难,易犯的错误 | |
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| n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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| n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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