LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 28
Chapter 28 “On Hypocrisy”
Wall deeply knows that Kevin’s literary future is definitely bright. Once he can get this relationship, it may be a good thing for himself. Therefore, I will tell Kevin of my private email address and let me personally review Kevin’s future submissions.
“Really? That’s great. Thank you very much, Mr. Wall, you are one of the most conscientious editors.” Kevin said politely.
“You are welcome, please feel free to call me if you have any questions in the future. It is a pleasure for me to receive your call.”
“okay bye.”
After finishing the power-up with Wall, Kevin started thinking about writing a short text submission. There are many long-form works in Britain on earth, and there are even more short-form works. Therefore, Kevin can be a lot more free.
He thought of Chesterfield’s classic prose work-“On Hypothesis”.
Chesterfield was not only a politician, but also a well-known writer on the earth in his previous life. He is famous for writing to his illegitimate son Philip Stanhope. These letters are simple and beautiful in style, full of wisdom, wise suggestions and sharp comments. Until now, “Chesterfield style” still means gentleness and elegance.
This “On Hypocrisy” is one of Chesterfield’s early works. It has a wonderful decomposition of hypocrisy, life, and psychology. It can be described as one of the classics of English prose.
Especially the first few paragraphs at the beginning, people have a novel feeling when they read it:
“Many people complain about fate, but few people complain about nature; the more people think that nature is more benevolent to them, the more they mumble about the so-called injustice of fate to them.”
“People often question fate: why I don’t have wealth, status, power, and the like; but people rarely or never blame nature like this: why I don’t have strengths, talents, wit or beauty, and the like.”
“The truth is that nature always distributes talents fairly to people, even more impartial than people usually think, seldom overly generosity, and seldom stingy. The huge differences between people are due to education and the environment. It is true. Cultural cultivation has improved talents, and opportunities and environments have induced talents. We do not doubt that farming in the farmland, business behind the counter, and even among the wealthy and aristocrats, there are many potential Bacons, Lockers, Newtons, Caesars, and Karen Wills and Marlborough, if I am allowed to use the pedantic word “potential”; but for the fruit to have all its qualities and flavors, there must be cultivated soil, and there must be a suitable season. .”
“If nature is a little bit eccentric sometimes and doesn’t set the balance right; if one end sinks too much, we will throw a vanity weight of appropriate size on the light end, and it will do it every time. The balance was re-leveled, and there was no mistake. So this happened: almost no one would exchange it with another person inside and out without reservation.”
There are not many words in “On Jiaoqing”, and it took Kevin more than half an hour to beat it all. In order not to make a typo, he double-checked it carefully, and then carefully sent it to Wall’s mailbox.
Wall was right in front of the computer at this time, and when he saw a letter from the mailbox, he immediately clicked on it. When he saw the manuscript sent by Kevin, he was so excited that he immediately clicked to review it.
“It’s so wonderful, the description is so wonderful.” After Wall read it, he couldn’t help but yelled, so that his colleagues thought that something was wrong with his spirit.
“Hi, dear Wall, what’s wrong with you? Do I need to call the hospital?”
“No, no, not at all, I’m pretty normal.”
“Then why are you yelling suddenly, like a mentally ill person.” The colleague asked puzzledly.
“Tell you a good thing, our sales of this issue of Time Magazine will rise again.” Wall looked proud.
“what?”
“Remember why our first two issues of “Time” had such good sales?” Wall sold close asked.
“Of course I remember, it was because the title of the 7th London Literary Competition “Meditation on a Broom” was published in our newspaper.” Wall’s colleague said.
“Well, it’s true. But the author just submitted another wonderful manuscript to me. With his manuscript, let’s publicize it. It is estimated that the sales of this issue of “Time” will rise again. Thank God for this. It’s exciting to think about it.” Wall’s expression is still so excited.
“Really? Show me quickly. Yo, “On Hypothesis”, such a young author can write such in-depth articles. Yes, I want to read it.”
So, Wall’s colleagues began to gather around his computer to read this “On Hypothesis” sent by Kevin.
“Self-love controlled within an appropriate range is a natural and beneficial emotion. In fact, it is also a love for society, as Mr. Pope has rightly stated: it is the result of many good behaviors. The source, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is not the inducement of absurd behavior. But boasting is only an exaggerated, comic-style imitation of self-love. To talk about the similarities with self-love, it just highlights its absurdity. That’s it. Like other flattery, it is the most generous when it is given, the most greedy when it is received, and at the same time it is the most inconsistent. I will end this topic with the resourceful fable of Mr. de Lamotte, which seems to be correct. This topic is quite appropriate.”
“It is said that Jupiter ran a lottery lottery in the sky. Both gods and mortals can buy lottery tickets. The prize is wisdom. So Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, won the first prize. The mortals murmured and blamed the heavens. The gods are fraudulent. In order to quell the slander, Jupiter announced a lottery for mortals that gods cannot participate in. The prizes are stupid. After the mortals have won the prizes, they are shared among them. The results are satisfied with everyone. No one regrets the loss of wisdom, and no one even remembers it. Stupidity takes the place of wisdom, and those who get the most stupid think that they are the smartest.”
These are the last two paragraphs of the article “On Hypothesis”. When Wall’s colleagues saw this, they were full of praise. This ending is too old and too wise. Sure enough, he is a genius writer.
So, Wall’s colleagues, like Wall, are deeply convinced that with this article and the publicity before it was published, the sales of this issue of Time Magazine will surely increase.
And it is true. (This chapter uses a lot of articles. If readers don’t like it, you can put it forward. I will pay attention to it in the following chapters. Thank you. Bless you, papaya will come on)