子浪小说

第6部分（第5页）

Hold　out　your　hands　to　feel　the　luxury　of　the　sunbeams。　Press　the　soft

blossoms　against　your　cheek；　and　finger　their　graces　of　form；　their

delicate　mutability　of　shape；　their　pliancy　and　freshness。　Expose　your

face　to　the　aerial　floods　that　sweep　the　heavens；　〃inhale　great　draughts

of　space；〃　wonder；　wonder　at　the　winds　unwearied　activity。　Pile　note

on　note　the　infinite　music　that　flows　increasingly　to　your　soul　from　the

tactual　sonorities　of　a　thousand　branches　and　tumbling　waters。　How　can

the　world　be　shrivelled　when　this　most　profound；　emotional　sense；　touch；

is　faithful　to　its　service？　I　am　sure　that　if　a　fairy　bade　me　choose

between　the　sense　of　light　and　that　of　touch；　I　would　not　part　with　the

warm；　endearing　contact　of　human　hands　or　the　wealth　of　form；　the

nobility　and　fullness　that　press　into　my　palms。

FOOTNOTE：

＇C＇　I　found　that　of　the　senses；　the　eye　is　the　most　superficial；　the　ear

the　most　arrogant；　smell　the　most　voluptuous；　taste　the　most

superstitious　and　fickle；　touch　the　most　profound　and　the　most

philosophical。

THE　FIVE…SENSED　WORLD

VIII

THE　FIVE…SENSED　WORLD

THE　poets　have　taught　us　how　full　of　wonders　is　the　night；　and　the　night

of　blindness　has　its　wonders；　too。　The　only　lightless　dark　is　the　night

of　ignorance　and　insensibility。　We　differ；　blind　and　seeing；　one　from

another；　not　in　our　senses；　but　in　the　use　we　make　of　them；　in　the

imagination　and　courage　with　which　we　seek　wisdom　beyond　our　senses。

It　is　more　difficult　to　teach　ignorance　to　think　than　to　teach　an

intelligent　blind　man　to　see　the　grandeur　of　Niagara。　I　have　walked　with

people　whose　eyes　are　full　of　light；　but　who　see　nothing　in　wood；　sea；

or　sky；　nothing　in　city　streets；　nothing　in　books。　What　a　witless

masquerade　is　this　seeing！　It　were　better　far　to　sail　forever　in　the

night　of　blindness；　with　sense　and　feeling　and　mind；　than　to　be　thus

content　with　the　mere　act　of　seeing。　They　have　the　sunset；　the　morning

skies；　the　purple　of　distant　hills；　yet　their　souls　voyage　through　this

enchanted　world　with　a　barren　stare。

Th

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