第38章流年故事（3）
IfIwerethepresidentofauyIshouldestablishapulsory“HowtoUseYourEyes”。Theprofessorwouldtrytoshowhispupilshowtheycouldaddjoytotheirlivesbyreallyseeingassesunhem。Hewouldtrytoawaketheirdormantandsluggishfaculties。
PerhapsIbestillustratebyimaginingwhatIshouldmostliketoseeifIweregiventheuseofmyeyes，say，forjustthreedays。AndwhileIamimagining，supposeyou，too，setyourmindtoworkontheproblemofhowyouwoulduseyourowneyesifyouhadonlythreemoredaystosee。Ifwiththeon-ihethirdnightyoukhesunwouldneverrisefain，howwouldyouspehreepreterveningdays?Whatwouldyoumostwayazerestupon?
I，naturally，shouldwantmosttoseethethingswhichhavebeedearthmyyearsofdarkness。You，too，wouldwayoureyesrestohathavebeedeartoyousothatyoucouldtakethememoryofthemwithyouihatloomedbeforeyou。
If，bysomemiracle，Iweregrahreeseeingdays，tobefolloseintodarkness，Ishoulddividetheperiodis。
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Oday，Ishouldwahepeoplewhosekindnessalenessandpanionshiphavemademylifew。FirstIshouldliketogazelonguponthefaydearteacher，Mrs。AnneSullivanMaetomewhenIwasadopeerworldtome。Ishouldwaoseetheoutlineofherface，sothatIcouldcherishititostudythatfadinitthelivihesympathetiessahwhichsheaplishedthedifficulttaskofmyedu。Ishouldliketoseeirengthofcharacterwhiabledhertostandfirminthefaceofdifficulties，andthatpassionforallhumanitywhichshehasrevealedtomesooften。
Idonotknowwhatitistoseeiofafriendthroughthat“windowofthesoul”，theeye。Ily“see”throughmyfiheoutlineofafadetectlaughter，sorrow，andmanyotherobviousemotions。Iknowmyfriendsfromthefeeloftheirfaces。ButIotreallypicturetheirpersoouowtheirpersonalities，ofchothermeans，throughthethoughtstheyexpressthwhateveroftheirasarerevealedtome。ButIamdedeeperuandingofthemwhichIamsurewouldethroughsightofthem，throughwatgtheirreastovariousexpressedthoughtsandces，througheaiionsoftheireyesandce。
FriendswhoareomeIknowwell，beonthsaheyrevealthemselvestomeinalltheirphases;butofcasualfriendsIhaveonlyaeimpression，animpressiongainedfromahandspokenwordswhichItakefromtheirlipswithmyfiips，orwhichtheytapintothepalmofmyhand。
Howmucheasier，howmuchmoresatisfyingitisforyouwhoseetograspquicklytheessentialqualitiesofanotherpersonbywatgthesubtletiesofexpression，thequiverofamuscle，theflutterofahand。Butdoesiteveroccurtoyouthttoseeintotheiureofafriendoraostofyouseeingpeoplegraspcasuallytheoutwardfeaturesofafadletitgoatthat?
Forinstanyoudescribeaccuratelythefacesoffivegoodfriends?someofyou，butmanyot。Asa，Ihavequestionedhusbandsoflongstandingaboutthecoloroftheirwives’eyes，aheyexpressembarrasseditthattheydonotknow。Aally，itisaplaiheirhusbandsdonotnotiewdresses，s，andhousehements。
Theeyesofseeingpersonssooomedtotheroutiheirsurroundings，auallyseeoliacular。Butevehemostspectacularsightstheeyesarelazy。Courtrecordsrevealeverydayhowinaccurately“eyewitnesses”see。Agivewillbe“seen”inseveraldifferentwaysbyasmanywitnesses。Someseemorethafewseeeverythingthatiswithintheraheirvision。
Oh，thethingsthatIshouldseeifIhadthephtforjustthreedays!
&daywouldbeabusyone。Ishouldydearfriendsandlooklongintotheirfaces，imprintinguponmymiwardevidehebeautythatiswithinthem。Ishouldletmyeyesrest，too，onthefaceofababy，sothatIcouldcatchavisionoftheeager，iywhichprecedestheindividual’sessoftheflictswhichlifedevelops。
AndIshouldliketolookirustingeyesofmydogs—thegrave，ylittleScottie，Darkie，a，uaDaneHelga，whosewarm，tender，andplayfulfriendshipsarestome。
OnthatbusyfirstdayIshouldalsovielethingsofmyhome。Iwahewarmtherugsuhepithewalls，theiriflesthattransformahouseintohome。MyeyeswouldrestrespethebooksiypewhichIhaveread，buttheywouldbemerlyiheprintedbookswhigpeopleread，fthelongnightofmylifethebooksIhavereadandthosewhichhavebeeomehavebuiltthemselvesishininglighthtomethedeepestahehumanspirit。