| <FONT face=宋体> 如果你是一位于</FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">1891</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">年横越美国得克萨斯州的商人，你或许会在火车上从一位年约 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">13</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">岁的高瘦男孩那里买过一份报纸或一双雪茄。当你与其它旅客谈论有关投资事情时，你可能会留意到那位年青人正留神地偷听你们的说话。 <SPAN lang=EN-US><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 若你问他，他可能会告诉你他的名字叫威利 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">(Willy)</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">，而且他的确对商品很有兴趣，他的父亲是安祖莲娜县 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">(AngelinaCounty)</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">的一位农夫，与他所认识的每个人也是一样。他们都很关心他们的棉花的价格将会到甚么水平。若你问小威利长大后是否也想在德州东部耕种？他或会说不，他并不这样想。他想成为一位商人。 <SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> “那么，祝你好运，小威利！”，你或许会说：“有一天你或许会有自己的生意，甚至会很有名，谁知道呢？没有人能预测未来。” <SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 在火车上的通道来回走过的年轻偷听者就是威廉·德尔伯特 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">?</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">江恩 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">(WillianDelbertGann)</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">。他或者会想，是否真的没有人能预测未来？ <SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:chsdate w:st="on" IsROCDate="False" IsLunarDate="False" Day="6" Month="6" Year="1878"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">1878</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">年 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">6</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">月 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">6</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">日 </st1:chsdate><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">，威廉 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">?</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">江恩于距离德州路芙根市七哩以外的一个农场出生。 <SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 他是山姆 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">?</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">休斯顿 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">?</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">江恩 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">(SamHoustonGann)</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">和苏珊· <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">R</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">·江恩 <SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">(SusanR.Gann)</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">所生的十一个孩子中八男两女的老大。江恩一家住在一间细小的房子里，室内没有抽水机，也没有太多其它的东西。他们很穷，小威利在小学的三年里每天需要步行七哩路程到路芙根市上学。 <SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p> |
