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1、THEIRONHEELbyJackLondonFOREWORD.ITCANNOTBESAIDTHATTHEEverhardManuscriptisanimportanthistoricaldocument.Tothehistorianitbristleswitherrors-noterrorsoffact,buterrorsofinterpretation.LookingbackacrossthesevencenturiesthathavelapsedsinceAvisEverhardcompletedhermanuscript,events,andth
2、ebearingsofevents,thatwereconfusedandveiledtoher,arecleartous.Shelackedperspective.Shewastooclosetotheeventsshewritesabout.Nay,shewasmergedintheeventsshehasdescribed.Nevertheless,asapersonaldocument,theEverhardManuscriptisofinestimablevalue.Buthereagainentererrorofperspective,and
3、vitiationduetothebiasoflove.Yetwesmile,indeed,andforgiveAvisEverhardfortheheroiclinesuponwhichshemodelledherhusband.Weknowto-daythathewasnotsocolossal,andthatheloomedamongtheeventsofhistimeslesslargelythantheManuscriptwouldleadustobelieve.WeknowthatErnestEverhardwasanexceptionall
4、ystrongman,butnotsoexceptionalashiswifethoughthimtobe.Hewas,afterall,butoneofalargenumberofheroeswho,throughouttheworld,devotedtheirlivestotheRevolution;thoughitmustbeconcededthathedidunusualwork,especiallyinhiselaborationandinterpretationofworking-classphilosophy.'Proletariansci
5、ence'and'proletarianphilosophy'werehisphrasesforit,andthereinheshowstheprovincialismofhismind-adefect,however,thatwasduetothetimesandthatnoneinthatdaycouldescape.ButtoreturntotheManuscript.Especiallyvaluableisitincommunicatingtousthefeelofthoseterribletimes.Nowheredowefindmoreviv
6、idlyportrayedthepsychologyofthepersonsthatlivedinthatturbulentperiodembracedbetweentheyears1912and1932-theirmistakesandignorance,theirdoubtsandfearsandmisapprehensions,theirethicaldelusions,theirviolentpassions,theirinconceivablesordidnessandselfishness.Thesearethethingsthatareso
7、hardforusofthisenlightenedagetounderstand.Historytellsusthatthesethingswere,andbiologyandpsychologytelluswhytheywere;buthistoryandbiologyandpsychologydonotmakethesethingsalive.Weacceptthemasfacts,butweareleftwithoutsympatheticcomprehensionofthem.Thissympathycomestous,however,aswe
8、perusetheEverhardManuscript.Weenterintot
