【正文】 ight, shining on her glossy hair, [00:]gave it a metallic luster, and it was difficult to say what was the color, dark bronze or black. [00:]So pletely absorbed was she in watching the cloud to which her strange song or incantation seemed addressed, [00:]that she did not observe me when I rose and went towards her. [00:]Over her head, high up in the blue, [01:]a lark that was soaring towards the same gauzy cloud was singing, as if in rivalry. [01:]As I slowly approached the child, [01:]I could see by her forehead, which in the sunshine seemed like a globe of pearl, [01:]and especially by her plexion, that she unmonly lovely. [01:]Her eyes, which at one moment seemed bluegray, at another violet, [01:]were shaded by long black lashes, curving backward in a most peculiar way, [01:]and these matched in hue her eyebrows, [01:]and the tresses that were tossed about her tender throat were quivering in the sunlight. [01:]All this I did not take in at once。 [02:]and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. [02:]The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] [02:]is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, [02:]all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. [02:]To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. [00:]Passage 6. A Tribute to the Dog[00:]The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and bee his enemy.[00:]His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful.[00:]Those who are nearest and dearest to us,[00:]those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name,[00:]may bee traitors to their faith.[00:]The money that a man has he may lose.[00:]It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most.[00:]A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of illconsidered action.[00:]The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us[00:]may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.[00:]The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world,[01:]the one that never deserts him,[01:]the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.[01:]A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.[01:]He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely,[01:]if only he may be near his master’s side.[01:]He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer。s bodies while, close at hand,[02:]surgeons use it to restore them?[02:]We have to ask ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold use of knowledge,[02:]with its everincreasing power, continues. [00:]Passage 8. Address by Engels[00:]On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon,[00:]the greatest living thinker ceased to think.[00:]He had been left alone for scarcely two minutes,[00:]and when we came back we found him in his armchair,[00:]peacefully gone to sleep—but forever.[00:]An immeasurable loss has been sustained both by the militant proletariat of Europe and America,[00:]and by historical science, in the death of this man.[00:]The gap that has been left by the departure of this mighty spirit[00:]will soon enough make itself felt.[00:]Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature,[00:]so Marx discovered the law of development of human history:[00:]the simple fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology,[01:]that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing,[01:]before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion, etc.。 [01:]yet in between, how fast is the shift, in such a rush? [01:]When I get up in the morning, [01:]the slanting sun marks its presence in my small room in two or three oblongs. [01:]The sun has feet, look, he is treading on, lightly and furtively。 [01:]so did the exhausted laborers in the fields. [01:]Everything that lived or grew was oppressed by the glare。 and I feel that I am not alone.[01:]How different it is in the city! [01:]It is late, and the crowd is gone. [01:]You step out upon the balcony, and lie in the very bosom of the cool, [01:]dewy night as if you folded her garments about you. [01:]Beneath lies the public walk with trees, like a fathomless, black gulf. [01:]The lamps are still burning up and down the long street. [01:]People go by with grotesque shadows, now foreshortened, [01:]and now lengthening away into the darkness and vanishing, [01:]while a new one springs up behind the walker, [01:]and seems to pass him revolving like the sail of a windmill. [01:]The iron gates of the park shut with a jangling clang. [01:]There are footsteps and loud voices。 —then silence again. [01:]And now at length the city is asleep, and we can see the night. [02:]The belated moon looks over the roofs, and finds no one to wele her. [02:]The moonlight is broken. [02:]It lies here and there in the squares and the opening of the streets[02:]—angular like blocks of white marble. [00:]Passage 13. Peace and Development: the Themes of Our Times[00:]Peace and development are the themes of the times. [00:]People across the world should join hands in advancing the lofty cause of peace and development of mankind.[00:]A peaceful environment is indispensable for national, [00:]regional and even global development. [00:]Without peace or political stability there would be no economic progress to speak of. [00:]This has been fully proved by both the past and the present.[00:]In today’s world, the international situation is, on the whole, moving towards relaxation. [00:]However, conflicts and even