《瓦尔登湖·第九章·湖·The Ponds》第21节
No, no; if the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone. Let our lakes receive as true names at least as the Icarian Sea, where “still the shore” a “brave attempt resounds.” Goose Pond, of small extent, is on my way to Flint’s; Fair-Haven, an expansion of Concord River, said to contain some seventy acres, is a mile south-west; and White Pond, of about forty acres, is a mile and a half beyond Fair-Haven. This is my lake country. These, with Concord River, are my water privileges; and night and day, year in year out, they grind such grist as I carry to them.
注释摘要
这节的开端是愤怒，但梭罗很快把情绪转向另一种命名逻辑。他刚用一整段话痛斥用自己的姓氏给湖命名的农夫弗林特，把他描成一个只认钱、连鸭子飞过都当入侵者的丑角，然后突然换成坚决的“不，不”——仿佛对自己滔滔不绝的攻击感到厌倦，转而提出建设性方案：如果最美的风景非得用人命名，那只能是最尊贵、最可敬的人。这里留了空间——梭罗没有说他自己就是那种人，前文也只是说湖“不…