改变我的生活的一封信
<p><span word="Letter">Letter</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Changed">Changed</span> <span word="My">My</span> <span word="Life">Life</span></p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> 30 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="afirefighter">afirefighter</span>(消防队员) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Bronx">Bronx</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Engine">Engine</span> <span word="Co">Co</span>. 82, <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="active">active</span> <span word="firehouse">firehouse</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="warm">warm</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sunny">sunny</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="leisurely">leisurely</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="activity">activity</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="neighborhood">neighborhood</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="firefighters">firefighters</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="had">had</span> 15 <span word="or">or</span> 20 <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rear">rear</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> <span word="building">building</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="of">of</span> 600 <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cotton">cotton</span>-<span word="jacketed">jacketed</span> <span word="hose">hose</span>.</p><p><span word="Between">Between</span> <span word="alarms">alarms</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="rush">rush</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="Captain">Captain</span> <span word="Gray">Gray</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="copy">copy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="tothe">tothe</span> <span word="Book">Book</span> <span word="Review">Review</span> <span word="section">section</span>(纽约时报的书评版). <span word="As">As</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="my">my</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="boil">boil</span>. <span word="An">An</span> <span word="article">article</span> <span word="blatantly">blatantly</span> <span word="stated">stated</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="calumny">calumny</span> -- <span word="thatWilliam">thatWilliam</span> <span word="Butler">Butler</span> <span word="Yeats">Yeats</span>(叶芝，威廉&<span word="middot">middot</span>;巴特勒1865-1939爱尔兰作家，被认为是20世纪最伟大的诗人之一), <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nobel">Nobel</span> <span word="Prize">Prize</span>-<span word="winning">winning</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="Literary">Literary</span> <span word="Renaissance">Renaissance</span>, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="transcended">transcended</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Irishness">Irishness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="forever">forever</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="universal">universal</span> <span word="poet">poet</span>.</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="proud">proud</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="heritage">heritage</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="picked">picked</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="poems">poems</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="barracks">barracks</span> <span word="shelf">shelf</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="military">military</span>, <span word="Yeats">Yeats</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="favorite">favorite</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="writer">writer</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Sean">Sean</span> <span word="O">O</span>'<span word="Casey">Casey</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="James">James</span> <span word="Joyce">Joyce</span>.</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="ancestors">ancestors</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span>, <span word="fishermen">fishermen</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="blue">blue</span>-<span word="collar">collar</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="tell">tell</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="literature">literature</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="mother">mother</span>, <span word="atelephone">atelephone</span> <span word="operator">operator</span>(话务员), <span word="who">who</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="sat">sat</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="hands">hands</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="fingernails">fingernails</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="soiled">soiled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="soot">soot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fires">fires</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="prepared">prepared</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="Trinity">Trinity</span> <span word="don">don</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stand">stand</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protest">protest</span>. <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Yeats">Yeats</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="essence">essence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="sensibility">sensibility</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="offensive">offensive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="Irishness">Irishness</span> -- <span word="no">no</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="psychological">psychological</span>, <span word="social">social</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="literary">literary</span> -- <span word="was">was</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="transcended">transcended</span>.</p>
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