If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.

  • -- Robert Quillen 罗伯特·奎伦

如果有什么东西可以被称为天才的话,那就是把注意力集中在一件事上的能力。这件事能使我们把它牢牢地记在心里,直到我们从各个方面对它进行了准确的考察。

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This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility.

这意味着思想或精神存在于任何地方,因为它不依附于任何特定的地方。它之所以能保持存在,是因为即使当它与这个或那个物体相联系时,它也不会因为反射而依附于它,从而失去它最初的灵活性。

The most important precedents deal with the whole idea of symbolic programming - the notion of setting up symbolic expressions that can represent anything one wants, and then having functions that operate on both their structure and content.

最重要的先例涉及符号编程的整个概念——建立符号表达式来表示任何想要的东西,然后让函数同时操作它们的结构和内容。

At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp.

在赛季初,我设定了我的目标,看看我是否能在得分上领先联盟,因为我觉得我有那种能力。很多人都这么说,但这并不在他们的掌握之中。我觉得那真的在我的掌握之中。

Oh may He look on us with love and pity and then we shall be able to do anything He wishes us to do, no matter how difficult to accomplish or painful to our feeling.

哦,愿他带着爱和怜悯看着我们,然后我们就能做他希望我们做的任何事,无论多么困难或痛苦的感觉。

Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

天赋是一个值得怀疑的现象。也许有这种倾向,但天生的能力是极其罕见的。

All those yesterday's feelings will all be lost in time today is on my mind.

所有那些昨天的感觉都会在今天的时间里消失在我的脑海里。