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Text C The Soul Selects Her Own Society（第2页）
既作神圣抉择，
必当匿影藏形。
车辇沓至纷来，
姑娘不闻不问；
皇帝跪于席垫，
万难打动芳心。
茫茫人海无限，
唯独选中一人；
从此心如磐石，
封闭情感闸门。
Notes
1。HenryDavidThoreau（1817-1862）:Hewasahor，poet，philosopher，abolitionist，naturalist，taxresister，developmentcritic，surveyor，historiara。HeisbestknownforhisbookWaldeionuponsimplelivinginnaturalsurroundings，andhisessayCivilDisobedienargumentforindividualresistaoentinmoraloppositiontoanunjuststate。
2。OND，presumablynamedbyearlyistsafterSaffronWalden，England，isloassachusetts，abouteighteehwestofBostonandamile-and-a-halfsoutheastofter，ionofRoutes2and126。Enpassiy-oneacres，ondisapproximatelyahalf-milelongwithasiderablyvaryingathfollowingtheshorelinerunsnearlyamile-aersalongthebaseandsides，forestedbanks。
3。cordBattleGround:ItisaParkiy，Massachusetts。Ithasaioers，or135feet。TheBattlesofLexingtonandchtonApril19，1775，werethefirstmilitaryeheAmeriRevolutionary>
4。Olympus:IhologyOlympuswasregardedasthe“home”oftheTwelveOlympiangodsoftheaGreekworld。ItformeditselfafterthegodsdefeatedtheTitaanWar，andsoonthepalahabitedbythegods。Itisthesettingofmahicalstories。
5。Aurora:ItistheLatinwordfordawn，thegoddessofdawninRomanmythologyandLatiry。LikeGreekEoddessofthedawn，renewsherselfeverymandfliesacrossthesky，announgthearrivalofthesun。
6。Tartary:ItwasanameusedbyEuropeansfromtheMiddleAgesuhturytodesigeppe，thatisthegreattraortherralAsiastrettheSeaandtheUralMountainstothePacifihabitedmostlybyTurkigolpeoplesandalsobysomeCossacksofRussianiheMongolEmpirewhenericallyreferredtoas“Tartars”，i。e。Tatars。ItihetareasofSiberia，Turkestan，Mongolia，andManchuria。
7。Damodara:HewasanastrohematioftheKeralaschoolofastronomyaicswhoflourisheddurihturyCE。
8。Cassiopeia:Itisastellatiohernsky，hevainqueenCassiopeiaihology，whoboastedaboutheruy。Cassiopeiawasoellatiohe2uryGreekastroolemy，anditremaihe88moderionstoday。Itiseasilyreizableduetoitsdistinctive“e，formedbyfivebrightstars。
9。Pleiades:Alsokers，itisaarclustergmiddleagedhotB-typestarslothestellationofTaurus。ItisamoarclusterstoEarthaermostobvioustothehenightsky。
10。Hyades:ItistheopeheSolarSystemahebest-studiedofallstarclusters。TheHipparcossatellite，theHubbleSpaceTelesdinfraredagnitudediagramfittioestablishadistanceof153ly（47pc）totheclusterter。
11。Aldebaran:Itisaredgiantstarlocatedabout65lightyearsawayinthezodiastellationofTaurus。Itisthebrighteststariellationahebrighteststarsiimesky。
12。Altair:ItisthebrighteststariellationAquilaahbrighteststarisky。
13。KingTg:Heurimonarchofthe18thturyventoroftheRasLiladance，heisalegendaryfigureinManipur，andmuchofhisasasKihologized。HeisalsocreditedwithspreadingVaishnavisminManipurafterhisgrandfatherPamheibamadeHinduismtheiaunifiedManipur。
14。TheVedas:TheyarealargebodyoftextsiIndia。posedinVediskrit，thetextsstitutetheoldestlayerofSanskritliteratureascripturesofHinduism。TheVedasareapauru?eya（“notofhumaheyaresupposedtohavebeelyrevealed，andthusarecalled?ruti（“whatisheard”），distinguishiherreligioustexts，whicharecalledsm?ti（“whatisremembered”）。
15。Memnohology，MemnohiopiankingandsonofTithonusandEos。AsawarriorhewassideredtobealmostAchilles’equalinskill。DurirojaanarmytoTroy’sdefehofMemofHeotherdeferoywhomAchillesalsokilledeforafalleroclus。AfterMemh，ZeuswasmovedbyErantedhimimmortality。
16。Genius:IRion，thegeniuswastheindividualinstanceofageneraldiviispresentineveryindividualpersohing。
17。RalphWaldoEmerson（1803-1882）:HewasanAmeriessayist，ledpoet，wholedtheTramovemehtury。Heionofindividualismacriticofthetervailingpressuresofsodhedissemihhdozensofpublishedessaysahan1，500publiclecturesacrosstheUes。
18。EmilyElizabethDi（1830-1886）:Sheoet。Bor，Massachusetts，toasuccessfulfamilywithstrongunityties，shelivedamostlyiedandreclusivelife。AftershestudiedattheAmherstAcademyforsevenyearsih，shespentashorttimeatMountHolyokeFemaleSemiurningtoherfamily’shouseihoughtofasaricbythelocals，shebeforherpentforwhitegaasor，laterinlife，evenleaveherroom。
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