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loveisfallacy中英文对照
LoveisFallacy
byMaxShulman
CoolwasIandlogical.Keen，calculating，perspicacious,acuteandastute-Iwasallofthese.Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo，preciseasachemist'sscales，aspenetratingasascalpel.And—thinkofit！
—Ionlyeighteen.
Itisnotoftenthatonesoyounghassuchagiantintellect。
Take,forexample，PeteyBellows,myroommateattheuniversity.Sameage,samebackground,butdumbasanox.Aniceenoughfellow,youunderstand,butnothingupstairs。
Emotionaltype.Unstable.Impressionable.Worstofall,afaddist.Fads,Isubmit，aretheverynegationofreason。
Tobesweptupineverynewcrazethatcomesalong，tosurrenderoneselftoidiocyjustbecauseeverybodyelseisdoingit—this，tome，istheacmeofmindlessness.Not,however，toPetey。
OneafternoonIfoundPeteylyingonhisbedwithanexpressionofsuchdistressonhisfacethatIimmediatelydiagnosedappendicitis。
“Don’tmove，”Isaid,“Don’ttakealaxative。
I’llgetadoctor.”
“Raccoon，”hemumbledthickly.
“Raccoon？
"Isaid，pausinginmyflight。
“Iwantaraccooncoat，”hewailed.
Iperceivedthathistroublewasnotphysical,butmental。
“Whydoyouwantaraccooncoat?
”
“Ishouldhaveknownit，”hecried，poundinghistemples.“Ishouldhaveknownthey’dcomebackwhentheCharlestoncameback.LikeafoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks，andnowIcan’tgetaraccooncoat.”
“Canyoumean,”Isaidincredulously，“thatpeopleareactuallywearingraccooncoatsagain？
"
“AlltheBigMenonCampusarewearingthem.Where’veyoubeen？
”
“Inthelibrary,”Isaid，namingaplacenotfrequentedbyBigMenonCampus.
Heleapedfromthebedandpacedtheroom.“I’vegottohavearaccooncoat，”hesaidpassionately.“I’vegotto！
”
“Petey，why?
Lookatitrationally.Raccooncoatsareunsanitary。
Theyshed。
Theysmellbad.Theyweightoomuch。
They’reunsightly.They-”
“Youdon'tunderstand，”heinterruptedimpatiently。
“It'sthethingtodo。
Don’tyouwanttobeintheswim?
”
“No，"Isaidtruthfully.
“Well,Ido,”hedeclared。
“I'dgiveanythingforaraccooncoat。
Anything!
”
Mybrain，thatprecisioninstrument,slippedintohighgear。
“Anything?
”Iasked,lookingathimnarrowly.
“Anything，”heaffirmedinringingtones.
Istrokedmychinthoughtfully。
ItsohappenedthatIknewwheretogetmyhandsonaraccooncoat。
Myfatherhadhadoneinhisundergraduatedays；itlaynowinatrunkintheatticbackhome.ItalsohappenedthatPeteyhadsomethingIwanted.Hedidn’thaveitexactly，butatleasthehadfirstrightsonit。
Irefertohisgirl，PollyEspy。
IhadlongcovetedPollyEspy。
Letmeemphasizethatmydesireforthisyoungwomanwasnotemotionalinnature。
Shewas,tobesure,agirlwhoexcitedtheemotions,butIwasnotonetoletmyheartrulemyhead。
IwantedPollyforashrewdlycalculated,entirelycerebralreason.
Iwasafreshmaninlawschool。
InafewyearsIwouldbeoutinpractice.Iwaswellawareoftheimportanceoftherightkindofwifeinfurtheringalawyer’scareer.ThesuccessfullawyersIhadobservedwere，almostwithoutexception，marriedtobeautiful,gracious，intelligentwomen。
Withoneomission,Pollyfittedthesespecificationsperfectly.
Beautifulshewas.Shewasnotyetofpin—upproportions，butIfeltthattimewouldsupplythelack。
Shealreadyhadthemakings.
Graciousshewas.BygraciousImeanfullofgraces。
Shehadanerectnessofcarriage，aneaseofbearing,apoisethatclearlyindicatedthebestofbreeding.Attablehermannerswereexquisite。
IhadseenherattheKozyKampusKornereatingthespecialtyofthehouse—asandwichthatcontainedscrapsofpotroast,gravy，choppednuts,andadipperofsauerkraut-withoutevengettingherfingersmoist。
Intelligentshewasnot。
Infact,sheveeredintheoppositedirection。
ButIbelievedthatundermyguidanceshewouldsmartenup。
Atanyrate，itwasworthatry。
Itis，afterall，easiertomakeabeautifuldumbgirlsmartthantomakeanuglysmartgirlbeautiful。
“Petey，”Isaid,“areyouinlovewithPollyEspy？
"
“Ithinkshe’sakeenkid,"hereplied，“butIdon’tknowifyou’dcallitlove。
Why？
”
“Doyou，”Iasked，“haveanykindofformalarrangementwithher?
Imeanareyougoingsteadyoranythinglikethat?
”
“No.Weseeeachotherquiteabit，butwebothhaveotherdates。
Why?
”
“Isthere，”Iasked,“anyothermanforwhomshehasaparticularfondness？
”
“NotthatIknowof。
Why？
"
Inoddedwithsatisfaction。
“Inotherwords,ifyouwereoutofthepicture,thefieldwouldbeopen.Isthatright？
”
“Iguessso。
Whatareyougettingat?
”
“Nothing,nothing，"Isaidinnocently,andtookmysuitcaseoutthecloset.
“Whereareyougoing？
"askedPetey.
“Homeforweekend。
”Ithrewafewthingsintothebag.
“Listen，”hesaid，clutchingmyarmeagerly，“whileyou’rehome，youcouldn’tgetsomemoneyfromyouroldman,couldyou，andlendittomesoIcanbuyaraccooncoat？
”
“Imaydobetterthanthat，"Isaidwithamysteriouswinkandclosedmybagandleft。
“Look，”IsaidtoPeteywhenIgotbackMondaymorning.Ithrewopenthesuitcaseandrevealedthehuge，hairy，gamyobjectthatmyfatherhadworninhisStutzBearcatin1925.
“HolyToledo!
”saidPeteyreverently。
Heplungedhishandsintotheraccooncoatandthenhisface。
“HolyToledo!
”herepeatedfifteenortwentytimes.
“Wouldyoulikeit？
”Iasked.
“Ohyes！
”hecried,clutchingthegreasypelttohim.Thenacannylookcameintohiseyes。
“Whatdoyouwantforit?
"
“Yourgirl。
"Isaid,mincingnowords.
“Polly？
”hesaidinahorrifiedwhisper.“YouwantPolly?
”
“That’sright.”
Heflungthecoatfromhim.“Never，"hesaidstoutly。
Ishrugged.“Okay。
Ifyoudon’twanttobeintheswim，Iguessit'syourbusiness.”
Isatdowninachairandpretendedtoreadabook,butoutofthecornerofmyeyeIkeptwatchingPetey。
Hewasatornman。
Firsthelookedatthecoatwiththeexpressionofawaifatabakerywindow.Thenheturnedawayandsethisjawresolutely。
Thenhelookedbackatthecoat，withevenmorelonginginhisface.Thenheturnedaway，butwithnotsomuchresolutionthistime.Backandforthhisheadswiveled,desirewaxing,resolutionwaning。
Finallyhedidn'tturnawayatall;hejuststoodandstaredwithmadlustatthecoat.
“Itisn’tasthoughIwasinlovewithPolly,"hesaidthickly.“Orgoingsteadyoranythinglikethat."
“That’sright,”Imurmured.
“What'sPollytome，ormetoPolly？
”
“Notathing，”saidI.
“It'sjustbeenacasualkick—justafewlaughs,that’sall.”
“Tryonthecoat，”saidI.
Hecomplied。
Thecoatbunchedhighoverhisearsanddroppedallthewaydowntohisshoetops。
Helookedlikeamoundofdeadraccoons.“Fitsfine，”hesaidhappily。
Irosefrommychair.“Isitadeal？
”Iasked,extendingmyhand。
Heswallowed。
“It’sadeal,"hesaidandshookmyhand.
IhadmyfirstdatewithPollythefollowingevening。
Thiswasinthenatureofasurvey;IwantedtofindoutjusthowmuchworkIhadtodotogetherminduptothestandardIrequired。
Itookherfirsttodinner。
“Gee,thatwasadelishdinner,”shesaidaswelefttherestaurant。
ThenItookhertoamovie.“Gee，thatwasamarvymovie,”shesaidasweleftthetheatre。
AndthenItookherhome.“Gee,Ihadasensayshtime，"shesaidasshebademegoodnight。
Iwentbacktomyroomwithaheavyheart.Ihadgravelyunderestimatedthesizeofmytask。
Thisgirl’slackofinformationwasterrifying.Norwoulditbeenoughmerelytosupplyherwithinformation。
Firstshehadtobetaughttothink.Thisloomedasaprojectofnosmalldimensions，andatfirstIwastemptedtogiveherbacktoPetey.ButthenIgottothinkingaboutherabundantphysicalcharmsandaboutthewaysheenteredaroomandthewayshehandledaknifeandfork，andIdecidedtomakeaneffort.
Iwentaboutit，asinallthings，systematically.Igaveheracourseinlogic。
IthappenedthatI，asalawstudent，wastakingacourseinlogicmyself,soIhadallthefactsatmyfingertips。
“Poll’,”IsaidtoherwhenIpickedheruponournextdate,“tonightwearegoingovertotheKnollandtalk。
”
“Oo,terrif，"shereplied。
OnethingIwillsayforthisgirl：
youwouldgofartofindanothersoagreeable.
WewenttotheKnoll，thecampustrystingplace，andwesatdownunderanoldoak，andshelookedatmeexpectantly。
“Whatarewegoingtotalkabout?
"sheasked.
“Logic。
”
Shethoughtthisoverforaminuteanddecidedshelikedit。
“Magnif，”shesaid.
“Logic,"Isaid,clearingmythroat，“isthescienceofthinking.Beforewecanthinkcorrectly,wemustfirstlearntorecognizethecommonfallaciesoflogic.Thesewewilltakeuptonight.”
“Wow-dow！
”shecried，clappingherhandsdelightedly。
Iwinced，butwentbravelyon.“FirstletusexaminethefallacycalledDictoSimpliciter."
“Byallmeans，”sheurged，battingherlasheseagerly。
“DictoSimplicitermeansanargumentbasedonanunqualifiedgeneralization.Forexample:
Exerciseisgood。
Thereforeeverybodyshouldexercise.”
“Iagree,”saidPollyearnestly。
“Imeanexerciseiswonderful。
Imeanitbuildsthebodyandeverything."
“Polly,”Isaidgently，“theargumentisafallacy。
Exerciseisgoodisanunqualifiedgeneralization.Forinstance,ifyouhaveheartdisease,exerciseisbad,notgood.Manypeopleareorderedbytheirdoctorsnottoexercise.Youmustqualifythegeneralization。
Youmustsayexerciseisusuallygood，orexerciseisgoodformostpeople.OtherwiseyouhavecommittedaDictoSimpliciter.Doyousee？
”
“No,”sheconfessed.“Butthisismarvy。
Domore!
Domore!
”
“Itwillbebetterifyoustoptuggingatmysleeve，"Itoldher，andwhenshedesisted，Icontinued。
“NextwetakeupafallacycalledHastyGeneralization。
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