Bright Shelf -- American Scenes

Author: Henry James
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: I realized that the first few hours of impression are always deeply engraved. I cherished the impressions I had when I first set foot on this land. After many years, returning to the old place, although these impressions came along, I did my best to collect other impressions with the same brain, but they seemed very disjointed. These impressions, these direct shocks of the heart, to some extent refer to an experience recalled from a long time ago, thus triggering a series of associations that took me back to the hazy state of childhood from the very beginning. A young person once dominated by New York, now absurdly finds it again, meeting it everywhere. You can see it, hear it, smell it, and even feel its presence amidst the chaos of noise and change.