emile zola-第3章

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family；　and　painting　a　period；　but　he　was　a　poet；　doing　far　more

than　this；　and　contributing　to　creative　literature　as　great　works

of　fiction　as　have　been　written　in　the　epic　form。　　He　was　a

paradox　on　every　side　but　one；　and　that　was　the　human　side；　which

he　would　himself　have　held　far　worthier　than　the　literary　side。　

On　the　human　side；　the　civic　side；　he　was　what　he　wished　to　be；

and　not　what　any　perversity　of　his　elements　made　him。　　He　heard

one　of　those　calls　to　supreme　duty；　which　from　time　to　time

select　one　man　and　not　another　for　the　response　which　they

require；　and　he　rose　to　that　duty　with　a　grandeur　which　had　all

the　simplicity　possible　to　a　man　of　French　civilization。　　We　may

think　that　there　was　something　a　little　too　dramatic　in　the

manner　of　his　heroism；　his　martyry；　and　we　may　smile　at　certain

turns　of　rhetoric　in　the　immortal　letter　accusing　the　French

nation　of　intolerable　wrong；　just　as；　in　our　smug　Anglo…Saxon

conceit；　we　laughed　at　the　procedure　of　the　emotional　courts

which　he　compelled　to　take　cognizance　of　the　immense　misdeed

other　courts　had　as　emotionally　committed。　　But　the　event；

however　indirectly　and　involuntarily；　was　justice　which　no　other

people　in　Europe　would　have　done；　and　perhaps　not　any　people　of

this　more　enlightened　continent。



The　success　of　Zola　as　a　literary　man　has　its　imperfections；　its

phases　of　defeat；　but　his　success　as　a　humanist　is　without　flaw。　

He　triumphed　as　wholly　and　as　finally　as　it　has　ever　been　given　a

man　to　triumph；　and　he　made　France　triumph　with　him。　　By　his

hand；　she　added　to　the　laurels　she　had　won　in　the　war　of　American

Independence；　in　the　wars　of　the　Revolution　for　liberty　and

equality；　in　the　campaigns　for　Italian　Unity；　the　imperishable

leaf　of　a　national　acknowledgement　of　national　error。

　　







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