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the house of pride and other tales of hawaii-第26部分
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rejected。 Pending each rejection I still kept on writing fresh
stuff。 I did not know what an editor looked like。 I did not know a
soul who had ever published anything。 Finally a story was accepted
by a Californian magazine; for which I received five dollars。 Soon
afterwards 〃The Black Cat〃 offered me forty dollars for a story。
Then things took a turn; and I shall probably not have to shovel
coal for a living for some time to come; although I have done it;
and could do it again。
My first book was published in 1900。 I could have made a good deal
at newspaper work; but I had sufficient sense to refuse to be a
slave to that man…killing machine; for such I held a newspaper to be
to a young man in his forming period。 Not until I was well on my
feet as a magazine…writer did I do much work for newspapers。 I am a
believer in regular work; and never wait for an inspiration。
Temperamentally I am not only careless and irregular; but
melancholy; still I have fought both down。 The discipline I had as
a sailor had full effect on me。 Perhaps my old sea days are also
responsible for the regularity and limitations of my sleep。 Five
and a half hours is the precise average I allow myself; and no
circumstance has yet arisen in my life that could keep me awake when
the time comes to 〃turn in。〃
I am very fond of sport; and delight in boxing; fencing; swimming;
riding; yachting; and even kite…flying。 Although primarily of the
city; I like to be near it rather than in it。 The country; though;
is the best; the only natural life。 In my grown…up years the
writers who have influenced me most are Karl Marx in a particular;
and Spencer in a general; way。 In the days of my barren boyhood; if
I had had a chance; I would have gone in for music; now; in what are
more genuinely the days of my youth; if I had a million or two I
would devote myself to writing poetry and pamphlets。 I think the
best work I have done is in the 〃League of the Old Men;〃 and parts
of 〃The Kempton…Wace Letters。〃 Other people don't like the former。
They prefer brighter and more cheerful things。 Perhaps I shall feel
like that; too; when the days of my youth are behind me。
Footnotes:
{1} Malahininew…comer。
End
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