short stories and essays-第27章

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deck…hands　struggling　up　or　down　the　staging　under　boxes　of　heavy　wares；
or　kegs　of　nails；　or　bales　of　straw；　or　blocks　of　stone；　steadily　mocked
or　cursed　at　in　their　shapeless　effort；　till　the　last　of　them　reeled　back
to　the　deck　down　the　steep　of　the　lifting　stage；　and　dropped　to　his
broken　sleep　wherever　he　could　coil　himself；　doglike；　down　among　the
heaps　of　freight。

No　dog；　indeed；　leads　such　a　hapless　life　as　theirs；　and　ah！　and　ah！　why
should　their　sable　shadows　intrude　in　a　picture　that　was　meant　to　be　all
so　gay　and　glad？　　But　ah！　and　ah！　where；　in　what　business　of　this　hard
world；　is　not　prosperity　built　upon　the　struggle　of　toiling　men；　who
still　endeavor　their　poor　best；　and　writhe　and　writhe　under　the　burden　of
their　brothers　above；　till　they　lie　still　under　the　lighter　load　of　their
mother　earth？










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