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1、Unit7TheMonsterDeemsTaylorHewasanundersizedlittleman,Withaheadtoobigforhisbody-asicklylittleman.Hisnenreswerebad.Hehadskintrouble.Itwasagonyforhimtowearanythingnexttohisskincoarserthansilk.Andhehaddelusionsofgrandeur.HeWaSamonsterofconceit.NeVerforoneminutedidhelookattheworldoratpeople,exceptinrelat

2、iontohimself.Hebelievedhimselftobeoneofthegreatestdramatistsintheworld,oneofthegreatestthinkers,andoneofthegreatestcomposers.Tohearhimtalk,hewasShakespeare,andBeethoven,andPlato,rolledintoone.Hewasoneofthemostexhaustingconversationaliststhateverlived.Sometimeshewasbrilliant;sometimeshewasmaddeningly

3、tiresome.Butwhetherhewasbeingbrilliantordull,hehadonesoletopicofconversation:himself.Whathethoughtandwhathedid.Hehadamaniaforbeingintheright.Theslightesthintofdisagreement,fromanyone,onthemosttririal)int,wasenoughtosethimoffonaharanguethatmightlastforhours,inwhichheprovedhimselfrightinSOmanyways,and

4、withsuchexhaustingvolubility,thatintheendhishearer,stunnedanddeafened,wouldagreewithhim,forthesakeofpeace.ItneveroccurredtohimthatheandhisdoingwerenotofthemostintenseandfascinatinginteresttoanyoneWithwhomhecameincontact.Hehadtheoriesaboutalmostanysulyectunderthesun,includingvegetarianism,thedrama,po

5、litics,andmusic;andinsupportofthesetheoriesheVVnItepamphlets,letters,books.thousandsuponthousandsofwords,hundredsandhundredsofpages.Henotonlywrotethesethings,andpublishedthem-usuallyatsomebodyelsesexpense-buthewouldsitandreadthemaloud,forhours,tohisfriends,andhisfamily.Hehadtheemotionalstabilityofas

6、ix-year-oldchild.Whenhefeltoutofsorts,hewouldraveandstamp,orsinkintosuicidalgloomandtalkdarklyofgoingtotheEasttoendhisdaysasaBuddhistmonk.Tenminuteslater,whensomethingpleasedhimhewouldrushoutofdoorsandnnaroundthegarden,orjumpupanddownoffthesofa,orstandonhishead.Hecouldbegrief-strickenoverthedeathofa

7、pctdog,andcouldbecallousandheartlesstoadegreethatwouldhavemadeaRomanemperorshudder.Hewasalmostinnocentofanysenseofresponsibility*.Hewasconvincedthattheworldowedhimaliving.Insupportofthisbelief,heborrowedmoneyfromeverybodywhcwasgoodforaloan-men,women,friends,orstrangers.Hewrotebegginglettersbythescor

8、e,sometimesgrovelingwithoutshame,atothersloftilyofferinghisintendedbenefactortheprivilegeofcontributingtohissupport,andbeingmortallyoffendeliftherecipientdeclinedthehonor.7 WhatmoneyhecouldlayhishandonhespentlikeanIndianrajah.NooneWiHeverknow-certainlyheneverknows-howmuchmoneyheowed.Wedoknowthathisg

9、reatestbenefactorgavehimS6.oootopaythemostpressingofhisdebtsinonecity,andayearlaterhadtogivehim$16,000toenablehimtoliveinanothercitywithoutbeingthrownintojailfordebt.8 Hcwasequallyunscrupulousinotherways.Anendlessprocessionofwomenmarchedthroughhislife.HisfirstWifespenttwentyyearsenduringandforgiving

10、hisinfidelities.HissecondwifehadbeentheWifeofhismostdevotedfriendandadmirer,fromwhomhestoleher.Aiidevenwhilehewastr),ingtopersuadehertoleaveherfirsthusbandhewaswritingtoafriendtoinquirewhetherhecouldsuggestsomewealthywoman-anywealthywoman-whomhecouldmanyforhermoney.9 Hehadageniusfbrmakingenemies.Hew

11、ouldinsultamanwhodisagreedWithhimabouttheweather.HewouldpullendlessWireSinordertomeetsomemanwhoadmiredhisworkandwasableandanxioustobeofusetohim-andwouldproceedtomakeamortalenemyofhimWithSOmeidioticandwhollyuncallel-fbrexhibitionofarroganceandbadmanners.Acharacterinoneofhisoperaswasacaricatureofoneof

12、themostpowerfulmusiccriticsofhisday.Notcontentwithburlesquinghim,heinviteWithwhathedreamed.Thereisnotalineofhismusicthatcouldhavebeenconceivedbyalittlemind.Evenwhenheisdull,ordownrightlad,heisdullinthegrandmanner.1.isteningtohismusic,onedoesnotforgivehimforwhathemayormaynothavebeen.Itisnotamatterofforgiveness.Itisamatterofbeingdumbwithwonderthathispoorbrainandbodydidntburstundertheto11ncntofthedemonofcreativecncrgthatliv