2022-08-14 Victory-over-Japan Day 
【Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction—It Must Chang·III (1942)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) The great statue of the General Du Puy Rested immobile, though neighboring catafalques Bore off the residents of its noble Place.
The right, uplifted foreleg of the horse Suggested that, at the final funeral, The music halted and the horse stood still.
On Sundays, lawyers in their promenades Approached this strongly-heightened effigy To study the past, and doctors, having bathed
Themselves with care, sought out the nerveless frame Of a suspension, a permanence, so rigid That it made the General a bit absurd,
Changed his true flesh to an inhuman bronze. There never had been, never could be, such A man. The lawyers disbelieved, the doctors
Said that as keen, illustrious ornament, As a setting for geraniums, the General, The very Place Du Puy, in fact, belonged
Among our more vestigial states of mind. Nothing had happened because nothing had changed. Yet the General was rubbish in the end. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《最高虚构笔记——它必要改变·之三》(1942年)】 异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒) 【红霞译】 火山将军的壮观雕像 永垂不朽，尽管邻近的灵柩台 厌烦了这位君临天下的住户。
马匹高抬起右前蹄 暗示，告别葬礼上， 音乐停止与坐骑静立不动。
星期天，律师沿滨海步行大道 走近这尊巍峨挺拔的雕像 去审视历史，而医生，早已
沉浸其中并小心地，找出麻木的骨架 一种漂浮，一种永恒，固守成规 把将军塑造得近乎荒唐，
让鲜活的形象变成迂腐的青铜。 从来没有过，永远不可能，像 这样的人物。律师怀疑，医生
称之为穿透力非凡的摆设， 用以衬托天竺葵，雕像、 所在的火山广场，实际上，属于
挥之难去的思想范畴。 什么都没有发生毕竟一切如故。 到头来雕像成了垃圾。 【注】早在18世纪初期，来自德国、瑞士和荷兰的农民涌进下索尔福德“柳树渡口”与下弗雷德里克“和平统治者”镇，由莱茵河上谷巴拉丁“宫廷”德语方言(Palatine German)演绎而来的宾夕法尼亚“山林”州德语(PA Deitsch/Dutch/Diets/Deutsch)因此而盛行至20世纪中叶，虽说与宾州其它任何农耕地区看似相同，但这里拥有“生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美”，历经沉浮后的成熟蕴涵令我大开眼界。 以下大多数建筑被列入《国家史迹名录》。 Today in History(历史上的今天): 2022: Germanic Upper Frederick, PA(宾州上弗雷德里克·日耳曼镇) 2017: Amsterdam─Van Gogh Museum, NLD(荷兰阿姆斯特丹─梵高博物馆) 2014: YMCA Camp─Day @ Home(基督教青年会营─赋闲在家) 2009: 孩子手记(Kid's Writing)  Gambrel Roofed Dwelling w/ a Modified Germanic Floor Plan @ Dielman Kolb Homestead (1717)
(建于1717年的迪尔曼·科尔布“人民的保护者·权杖”宅邸——带有复折屋顶住宅的改造后日耳曼楼层图)  Shed of Dielman Kolb Homestead
(迪尔曼·科尔布宅邸——棚舍 08-14-2022)  Jacob Graeff's Mill on the Perkiomen Built in 1760 w/ a Hip Roof & a Cupola on the East End
(建于1760年位于浑水溪畔的雅各布·格雷夫“后继者·管家”磨坊——东端带有四坡屋顶与穹形屋顶)  Klein Meetinghouse, the 2nd Oldest Congregation of the Brethren in the US w/ Its Origins Dating back to 1720
(克莱因“小”聚会所·美国第二老的弟兄会的历史可追溯到1720年)  Klein Chapel, an Historic Dunkard (Schwarzenau Brethren) Meetinghouse, Built in 1843
(建于1843年的克莱因礼拜堂·历史悠久的敦刻尔德“浸入”或称施瓦岑瑙“暗河”弟兄会的聚会所)  Klein Meetinghouse, the Remains of Peter Becker who led the Brethren to America in 1714
(克莱因聚会所——1714年带领敦刻尔德成员前往美国的彼得·贝克尔“磐石·烘焙师”遗迹)
Tomb of Peter Becker @ Klein Meetinghouse (克莱因聚会所——创始人彼得·贝克尔之墓)  Cemetery @ Klein Meetinghouse (克莱因聚会所·墓地)
 Shed & Bank Barn @ Knurr Log House (c.1750)
(大约建于1750年的克努尔“树节”原木屋·库房与土堤谷仓)  Corn Crib of Knurr Log House
(克努尔原木屋·玉米穗仓库)  Knurr Log House, Germanic Log Dwelling w/ a Gable Roof & Traditional 3-Room 1st Floor Plan
(克努尔原木屋·日耳曼原木住宅，山墙式屋顶和传统的三卧平面图) 
Gerloff Road Bridge (1888) Crossing Swamp Creek (建于1888年、横跨沼泽溪的格洛夫“持矛者”路桥) Crosslink(相关博文): USA·Pennsylvania(美国·宾夕法尼亚州) USA(出游美国) |
