Alman asilli Amerikali yazar Theodore (Herman Albert) Dreiser'in dogum yildonumu (27 Agustos 1871)
''Ah, hayatin o dugumu! Nasil da bulanik goruruz! Kanunlar soyle der: 'Istersen her guzel seyin buyusune kapil ama hak kazanmamissan yanina yaklasma.' Kosullar soyle der: 'Durust calismadan baska hicbir seyle durumunu duzeltemezsin.' Durust calisma imkanlari kazancli degilse, bunlara dayanabilmek zor oluyorsa, hicbir zaman guzellige ulasamayan, uzun, upuzun, ayaklari da kalbi de yoran bir yolsa, guzeli kovalamak ugruna bir kimse hosa giden yoldan ayrilmak zorunda kalir da hayallerine carcabuk kavusmak icin o begenilmeyen yola sapmayi tercih ederse, kim kabahat bulabilir? Yanlis adimlari genellikle, kotuluk degil de daha iyi olana duyulan ozlem yonetir. Mantik kullanmaya alismamis, duygulu bir zihni buyuleyen de, genellikle, kotuluk degil, iyiliktir.''
"Oh, the tangle of human life! How dimly as yet we see. Here was Carrie, in the beginning poor, unsophisticated. emotional; responding with desire to everything most lovely in life, yet finding herself turned as by a wall. Laws to say: "Be allured, if you will, by everything lovely, but draw not nigh unless by righteousness." Convention to say: "You shall not better your situation save by honest labor." If honest labor be unremunerative and difficult to endure; if it be the long, long road which never reaches beauty, but wearies the feet and the heart; if the drag to follow beauty be such that one abandons the admired way, taking rather the despised path leading to her dreams quickly, who shall cast the first stone? Not evil, but longing for that which is better, more often directs the steps of the erring. Not evil, but goodness more often allures the feeling mind unused to reason."
"Bir insani ruhu olduguna ikna edip onu kocakari masallariyla basina ne gelecegine dair korkutursaniz bir balik, bir zihinsel kole oltaniza takildi demektir."
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