No man ever followed his genius till it misled him. Though the result were bodily weakness, yet perhaps no one can say that the consequences were to be regretted, for these were a life in conformity to higher principles. If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, -- that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We easily come to doubt if they exist. We soon forget them. They are the highest reality....The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning and evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU,
WALDEN, OR LIFE IN THE WOODS
PASSAGE HIGHLIGHTED IN ONE OF THE BOOKS FOUND
WITH CHIRIS MCCANDLESS'S REMAINS引自第48页
昨天上异常心理学的时候老师频频提到一个词：“现实感”。我就在想这到底是什么。后来我又从她嘴里听到一个词，“现实规范”。Apparently this is a part of the REALITY she was talking about. But I am thinking what else is included in it. What about the REALITY Thoreau is talking about here? But sometimes the highest reality Thoreau talks about and the reality rules contradict each other.
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