Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.

  • -- William Cowper 威廉·考珀

仪式引导着她的偏执,准备为毫无价值的阴影而战。然而,永恒的事物所依赖的真理却很难找到一个朋友。

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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.

从前站在前的,当退到后;从前站在后的,当进到前。顽固的人,愚顽的人,污秽的人,当推陈出新。

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece.

我们下面的泰晤士河越来越浅,四周都是阴影——建筑和桥梁的阴影构成了这幅可怕杰作的基础。

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

偏执狂:固执地、狂热地坚持你不赞同的观点的人。

In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.

在摄影中没有不能被照亮的阴影。