Chapter 28

Wall deeply knows that Kevin's literary future is absolutely bright. Once he can get into this relationship, it may be a good thing for him. Therefore, I will tell Kevin my personal email, and let myself review Kevin's contributions in the future.

"Yes? That would be great. Thank you very much, Mr. wall. You are one of the most conscientious editors Kevin said politely.

"You're welcome. If you have any questions in the future, please call me at any time. It's a pleasure for me to receive your call."

"All right, bye."

After the power up with wall, Kevin began to think about writing a short essay. There are a lot of long stories and short stories in Britain on earth. So Kevin can do as he likes.

He thought of Chesterfield's classic prose on affectation.

Chesterfield was not only a politician, but also a famous writer on the earth before. He is famous for his letters to his illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope. These letters are simple and elegant, full of wisdom, wise suggestions and sharp comments. Until now, "Chesterfield style" still means gentle.

This article on affectation is one of Chesterfield's early works. It has a wonderful decomposition of affectation, life and psychology. It is one of the classics of English prose.

Especially in the first few paragraphs, people have a new feeling after reading them

"Many people complain about fate, but few about nature; The more people think that nature is kind to them, the more they murmur about the unfairness of fate. "

"People often question fate: why I don't have wealth, status, power and so on; But people rarely or never blame nature this way: why I don't have strengths, talent, wit or beauty and things like that. "

"The fact is that nature always distributes talent fairly to people, more impartially than people usually think, less excessively generous and less stingy. The great differences between people are due to education and environment. Culture improves talent, and opportunity environment induces talent. We have no doubt that there are many potential bacon, Locke, Newton, Caesar, Cromwell and Marlborough in the fields, behind the counter business, even among the rich and noble families, if I am allowed to use the word "potential" with a strong academic flavor; But to make the fruit have all its quality and flavor, there must be cultivated soil and suitable season. "

"If sometimes nature is a little eccentric and doesn't put the balance right; If one end sinks too much, we will throw a vanity weight of proper size on the light end, which will level the balance again every time and never make mistakes. So that's what happened: almost no one would exchange everything inside and outside with another without reservation. "

"On affectation" is not a lot of words, it took Kevin more than half an hour to knock it all out. In order to avoid typos, he checked it carefully before sending it to wall's mailbox carefully.

Wall was right in front of the computer at this time. As soon as he saw a letter from the mailbox, he immediately opened it. When he saw the manuscript from Kevin, he was so excited that he immediately started to review it.

"It's wonderful. It's wonderful." After watching it, wall couldn't help yelling, so that his colleagues thought that there was something wrong with his spirit.

"Hi, dear wall, what's the matter with you? Do you want me to call the hospital? "

"No, no, not at all. I'm normal."

"Then why do you suddenly scream like a psychopath?" Colleagues puzzled asked.

"Let me tell you a good thing, the sales volume of this issue of time magazine will go up again." Wall had a proud look on his face.

“what?”

"Remember why the first two issues of time sold so well?" "Asked wall, selling the key.

"Of course, I remember. That's because wall's colleagues began to watch the article on affectation sent by Kevin in front of his computer.

"Self love controlled in a proper range is a natural and beneficial emotion. And in fact, it is also a kind of love for society, as Mr. Pope has said very correctly: it is the source of many good behaviors, not the inducement of absurd behaviors. But boasting is only an exaggerated and caricatured imitation of self love. If there is any similarity between self love and self love, it only highlights its absurdity. Like other flatteries, it is the most generous to give, the most greedy to receive, and the most unworthy of its name. Now I will use the resourceful virtue? Mr. lamot's fable ends the subject, which seems to suit the subject

"It's said that Jupiter made a lottery in heaven. No matter gods or mortals can buy lottery tickets. The prize is wisdom. So Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, won the first prize. The mortal murmured, blaming the gods in heaven for their malpractice. In order to quell the slander, Jupiter announced a lottery for mortals, which gods could not participate in. The prize is stupid. When people win, they share it with them. As a result, everyone was satisfied. No one regrets the loss of wisdom, or even remembers it at all. Stupidity takes the place of wisdom, and those who share the most are the most intelligent

These are the last two paragraphs of the article on hypocrisy. When Wall's colleagues saw this, they were full of praise. This ending is too old-fashioned and wise. Indeed, he is a gifted writer.

As a result, wall's colleagues, like wall, deeply believe that with this article and the publicity before its publication, the sales volume of this issue of time magazine will also soar.

And it's true（ This chapter uses more content of the article. If readers don't like it, they can bring it up. I will pay attention to it in the following chapters. Thank you. Blessing you, papaya will refuel)