The Health of the City
The Health of the City
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The next night the sound was repeated. On my men- tioning the matter to my host, he confessed that he could not sleep in the quiet of the coun- try, that the sudden change from the roar of a great city to the silence of the woods was so great as to cause him real suffering. As his only way to rest, he would leave the house in the middle of the night, start up the pump, and, lying down in a nearby hammock, find sleep brought him by the lullaby of the hot-air engine. That man recognized that he h...ad the noise- habit, and finally conquered it. How about the many who are never far enough away from the THE CITY'S NOISE 235 incessant tumult to know that the habit has formed? The incessant din of hammer upon iron in the boiler-shop creates a disease of the ear among the workers, known as "boiler- maker's ear. " Little by little their finely at- tuned sensory nerves become dull and indiffer- ent to ah 1 sound. Far more continuous than the clamor of the boiler-shop, the noise of the city is, at times, almost as deafening.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The next night the sound was repeated. On my men- tioning the matter to my host, he confessed that he could not sleep in the quiet of the coun- try, that the sudden change from the roar of a great city to the silence of the woods was so great as to cause him real suffering. As his only way to rest, he would leave the house in the middle of the night, start up the pump, and, lying down in a nearby hammock, find sleep brought him by the lullaby of the hot-air engine. That man recognized that he h...ad the noise- habit, and finally conquered it. How about the many who are never far enough away from the THE CITY'S NOISE 235 incessant tumult to know that the habit has formed? The incessant din of hammer upon iron in the boiler-shop creates a disease of the ear among the workers, known as "boiler- maker's ear. " Little by little their finely at- tuned sensory nerves become dull and indiffer- ent to ah 1 sound. Far more continuous than the clamor of the boiler-shop, the noise of the city is, at times, almost as deafening.
What to read after The Health of the City?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Godfrey, Hollis to read onlineMoreLess
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