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亨利·戴维·梭罗：瓦尔登湖·摘录 94
亨利·戴维·梭罗《瓦尔登湖》· Walden · 健康 · 财富 · 认知 · 哲学
But this small village, germ of something more, why did it fail while Concord keeps its ground? Were there no natural advantages,—no water privileges, forsooth? Ay, the deep Walden Pond and cool Brister’s Spring,—privilege to drink long and healthy draughts at these, all unimproved by these men but to dilute their glass. They were universally a thirsty race. Might not the basket, stable-broom, mat-making, corn-parching, linen-spinning, and pottery business have thrived here, making the wilderness to blossom like the rose, and a numerous posterity have inherited the land of their fathers? The sterile soil would at least have been proof against a low-land degeneracy. Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape! Again, perhaps, Nature will try, with me for a first settler, and my house raised last spring to be the oldest in the hamlet.
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定位：Excerpt 94 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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这个小村庄本是更大事物的萌芽，为什么它衰败了，而康科德却站稳了？难道没有自然优势——没有用水特权吗？有啊，深瓦尔登湖和清凉的布里斯特泉，喝这些水本可长久健康，但这些人只用来稀释酒杯。他们普遍是口渴的一族。难道编篮子、做马厩扫帚、编席子、烤玉米、纺亚麻和制陶这些生意不能在此兴旺，让荒野如玫瑰绽放，让众多后代继承父辈土地？贫瘠的土壤至少能防止低地退化。唉！这些人类居民的记忆对风景之美增添了多少！也许大自然会再试一次，以我为第一个定居者，我去年春天盖的房子将成为小村最老的。
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《瓦尔登湖》中“前居民”一章，梭罗考察废弃村庄，对比康科德，思考自然优势与人的选择。
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