| 1. | I am sure you cannot long be content to pass your leisure in solitude , and to devote your working hours to a monotonous labour wholly void of stimulus : any more than i can be content , he added , with emphasis , to live here buried in morass , pent in with mountains - my nature , that god gave me , contravened ; my faculties , heaven - bestowed , paralysed - made useless 我确信你不会长期满足于在孤寂中度过闲暇,把你的工作时间用于一项完全没有刺激的单调劳动, ”他又强调着补充说, “就象我不会满足于住在这里,埋没在沼泽地里,封闭在大山之中一上帝赐予我的天性与此格格不入,上天所赋予的才能会被断送会弄得一无用处。 |