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理查德.法森

California

加利福尼亚

Emerson

爱默生

BuckminsterFuller

巴克明斯特.富勒

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Thisessayonafamousman,whosenameisnotrevealeduntilalmosttheendofthepiece,,theessayconcludeswithachallengingviewonthenatureofgenius:Ifageniuswassoprolific,"isitanywonderthathehadnotimetobeaman?"

THEMONSTER

DeemsTaylor

Hewasanundersizedlittleman,withaheadtoobigforhisbody--

,,tohimself;,oneofthegreatestthinkers,,hewasShakespeare,andBeethoven,andPlato,;,hehadonesoletopicofconversation:

,fromanyone,onthemosttrivialpoint,wasenoughtosethimoffonaharanguethatmightlastforhouse,inwhichheprovedhimselfrightinsomanyways,andwithsuchexhaustingvolubility,thatintheendhishearer,stunnedanddeafened,wouldagreewithhim,

,includingvegetarianism,thedrama,politics,andmusic;andinsupportofthesetheorieshewrotepamphlets,letters,books…thousandsuponthousandsofwords,,andpublishedthem--usuallyatsomebodyelse'sexpense--buthewouldsitandreadthemaloud,forhours,

Hewroteoperas,andnosoonerdidhehavethesynopsisofastory,buthewouldinvite--orrathersummon--acrowedofhisfriendstohishouse,,thefriendshadtocomeagain,,,intheworstsenseofwhatthatimplies,andhewouldsitdownatthepianobeforepartiesthatincludedsomeofthefinestpianistsofhistime,andplayforthem,bythehour,hisownmusic,',

Hehadtheemotionalstabilityofasix-year-,hewouldraveandstamp,,whensomethingpleasedhim,hewouldrushoutofdoorsandrunaroundthegarden,orjumpupanddownonthesofa,-strickenoverthedeathofapetdo