Friday

The naming goes recklessly on, in spite of anything I can do. I had a

very good name for the estate, and it was musical and pretty

—GARDEN-OF-EDEN. Privately, I continue to call it that, but not any

longer publicly. The new creature says it is all woods and rocks and

scenery, and therefore has no resemblance to a garden. Says it looks

like a park, and does not look like anything but a park. Consequently,

without consulting me, it has been new-named —NIAGARA FALLS PARK. This

is sufficiently high-handed, it seems to me. And already there is a

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Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms. · 第 5 / 35 题