人类的艺术（英文版）

　　Upon that much we can probably agreewithout anyfurther argument. But when I say， \Art isuniversal，\there is an immediate danger that you will think ofart（of either music or painting or sculpture or dancing） as if itwere somesort of universal language， understood by everybody inevery part ofthe world. Which of course is not true at all. Whathappens to be the mostsublime form of music Io me， who am sittingat my desk upstairs-sayBach's Fugue in G minor-is just so muchunpleasant noise to my poorwife， who within a few minutes will becopying these pagesdownstairs， far removed from the gramophone andthe fiddle.

　　亨德里克·威廉·房龙（1882～1944）：荷裔美国人，著名学者。他是出色的通俗作家，在历史、文化、文明、科学等方面都有著作，而且读者众多。他是伟大的知识普及者，大师级人物。从1913年起，他开始写书，直到1921年写出《人类的故事》，一举成名，从此饮誉世界。代表作包括《宽容》、《圣经的故事》、《发明的故事》、《房龙地理》等。郁达夫曾说。房龙的笔有一种魔力。干燥无味的科学常识经他那么一写。变得娓娓动人。

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