Мартин Иден

Chapter 7

           Hejoinedthelisteners,andheardanew,alientongueinthemouthsofthephilosophersofthepeople. Onewasatramp,anotherwasalaboragitator,athirdwasalaw-schoolstudent,andtheremainderwascomposedofwordyworkingmen. Forthefirsttimeheheardofsocialism,anarchism,andsingletax,andlearnedthattherewerewarringsocialphilosophies. Heheardhundredsoftechnicalwordsthatwerenewtohim,belongingtofieldsofthoughtthathismeagrereadinghadnevertouchedupon. Becauseofthishecouldnotfollowtheargumentsclosely,andhecouldonlyguessatandsurmisetheideaswrappedupinsuchstrangeexpressions. Thentherewasablack-eyedrestaurantwaiterwhowasatheosophist,aunionbakerwhowasanagnostic,anoldmanwhobaffledallofthemwiththestrangephilosophythatwhatisisright, andanotheroldmanwhodiscoursedinterminablyaboutthecosmosandthefather-atomandthemother-atom. 

           MartinEden’sheadwasinastateofaddlementwhenhewentawayafterseveralhours,andhehurriedtothelibrarytolookupthedefinitionsofadozenunusualwords. Andwhenheleftthelibrary,hecarriedunderhisarmfourvolumes:MadamBlavatsky’s"SecretDoctrine,""ProgressandPoverty,""TheQuintessenceofSocialism,"and,"WarfareofReligionandScience." Unfortunately,hebeganonthe"SecretDoctrine." Everylinebristledwithmany-syllabledwordshedidnotunderstand. Hesatupinbed,andthedictionarywasinfrontofhimmoreoftenthanthebook. Helookedupsomanynewwordsthatwhentheyrecurred,hehadforgottentheirmeaningandhadtolookthemupagain. Hedevisedtheplanofwritingthedefinitionsinanote-book,andfilledpageafterpagewiththem. Andstillhecouldnotunderstand. Hereaduntilthreeinthemorning,andhisbrainwasinaturmoil,butnotoneessentialthoughtinthetexthadhegrasped. 

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