Text A Prologue Tolerance（第1页）
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HendrikWillemvanLoon（1882-1944）wasaDutch-AmerihistorianandjouredtotheUesin1903aHarvardandell（B。A。，1905）。HewasanAssociatedPressdentinRussiaduriionaryoutbreakof1905athebeginningofWorldWarI。Asawriter，hewasknownforemphasizingcrucialhistoritsandgivingapletepictureofindividualcharacters，aswellastheroleoftheartsinhistory。HisnumerouspopularworksioryofMankind（1921），TheStoryoftheBible（1923），Tolerance（1925），America（1927），andR。v。R。（1930），afialbiographyofRembraoryofMankiNewberyMedalin1922。
Promptsf
1。LearheauthorHendrikWillemvanLthefollo>
2。Howdoesthestoryunfolditself?
3。youdividethestoryis?Whatwouldbetheprincipleofyourdivision?
4。Makealistoftheflictsthatothisstory。
5。Wheredoyouthinkistheclimaxofthestory?Why?
6。WhyisthevalleynamedValleyofIgdothenamesofmountains，marshesandhillsinify?
7。WhatroledoestheLawplayinthisstory?
8。Howwouldyehisstory?
9。Wheheeory，youretellitinplainwords?
10。Whyisthispassageeolerance?
[1]HappilylivedMankindinthepeacefulValleyofIgnorance。
[2]Tothenorth，tothesouth，tothewestaretchedtheridgesoftheHillsEverlasting。
[3]AlittlestreamofKrickledslhadeepwully。
[4]Itountai。
[5]ItcostitselfintheMarshesoftheFuture。
[6]Itwasnotmuch，asriversgo。Butitwasenoughforthehumblehevillagers。
[7]Intheeveheyhadwateredtheirdhadfilledtheircasks，theywerettositdowntoenjoylife。
[8]TheOldMenerebroughtforthfromtheshadyerswheretheyhadspenttheirday，pover1themysteriouspagesofanoldbook。
[9]Theymumbledstrarand，whoreferredtoplaywiththeprettypebbles，broughtdownfromdistantlands。
[10]Oftenthesewordswerenotveryclear。
[11]Buttheywerewritathousandyearsagotteheywereholy。
[12]ForintheValleyofIgeverwasoldwasvehosewhainsaythewisdomofthefatherswereshunnedbyalldetpeople。
[13]Aheirpeace。
[14]Fearwaseverwiththem。Whatiftheyshouldberefusedtheoheproductsofthegarden?
[15]Vaguestoriestherewere，whisperedatnightamongthenarrowstreetsofthelittletoworiesofmenandwomenwhohaddaredtoaskquestions。
[16]Theyhadgoh，andneveragainhadtheybeenseen。
[17]Afewhadtriedtoscalethehighwallsethathidthesun。