It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

  • -- William Ellery Channing 钱宁

我们主要是通过书籍来享受与杰出人物的交往。在最好的书中,伟人与我们交谈,给我们他们最宝贵的思想,并将他们的灵魂倾注于我们。

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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

人的欲望的力量。我不知道他们为什么这么想。在我看来,这意味着他们拥有超群的智慧,而正是这种智慧将他们与大多数民众区分开来。

I don't think anyone will deny that girls are academically superior as a group.

我认为没有人会否认女生作为一个群体在学业上是优秀的。

To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.

遇到一本好书并有时间去读它是一件美妙的事情。

Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.

显然,人们读书是为了娱乐。