第46章让生命在书香与自然中升华（16）
NewYorkbleofprivacywiththeextofparti;ahanmostdeiesitsuinsulatingtheindividual（ifhewantsit，andalmosteverybodywa）againstallenormousaandwohataretakingplaceeveryminute。Sitinginthismiasmicairshaft，agoodmanyrathersplashyeventshaveotown。Amanshotandkilledhiswifeinafitofjealousy。Itostiroutsidehisbloallmentioninthepapers。Ididnotattend。Sincemyarrival，thegreatestairshediookpla。Ididn'tatteherdidmostoftheeightmillioants，althoughtheysaytherewasquiteacrowd。Ididn'tevenhearaacoupleofwestboundercialairlihabituallyusethisairshafttgestogshipsolanticarrivedaed。Ididn'themaherdidmostotherNewYorkers。Iamtoldthisisthegreatestseaportintheworld，with650milesofwaterfront，andshipsgherefrommaids，buttheonlyboatI'vehappeicemyarrivaltagoutoftheEastRiveroiealkingacrosstheBre。IheardtheQueenMaryblowo，though，andthesouhewholehistoryofdepartureandlongingandloss。TheLionshavebeeion。I'veseennotoneLion。Afrieoldmeabouthim。（Hewaslame，andwasweariheballgroundsahegreatestspspectacleshavebeeed。Isalayer，hegoverowhesirehatwasalltherewastothat—aeen-inagain。Amanwaskilledbyafallingice。Iartytedy，andagaintheiedheavily。
&hesemerelytoshowthatNewYorkispeculiarlystructedtoabsorbalmostanythingthatesalohousand-footlioftheEastoratwenty-thousand-maoftheWest）withoutinflitheeventonitsinhabitants，sothateveryeventis，iional，aantisinthehappypositionofbeiochoosehisspedsoservehissoul。Iropolises，smallahechoiceisoftennotwiththeindividualatall。HeisthrowheLionsare;theeventisunavoidable。Aicefalls，andithitseverythehead，everylastmanintowhinkthattheohitseveryheheadistheannualSt。Patrick'sDayparade，whichisfairlypeing—theIrishareahardraeout，andthereare500，000oftheminresidence。
&yihatisinhabitantsfromlifemaysimplyweakenthemasindividuals。Perhapsitishealthiertoliveinaunitywhere，whenaicefalls，youfeeltheblohenthegovernorpasses，youseeata。
IamnotdefendingNewYorkinthisregard。Manyofitssettlersareprobablyheremerelytoesotface，reality。Butwhateveritmeans，itisaratherraregift，ahasapositiveeffethecreativecapacitiesofNewYorker—forisihebusinessthegreatandsmalldistras。