The logical plausibility of it , that made an appeal to his intellect , seemed missed by kreis and hamilton , who sneered at norton as a metaphysician , and who , in turn , sneered back at them as metaphysicians 唯心论的值得赞扬的逻辑启发了他的智力，但克瑞斯和汉密尔顿对之却似乎充耳不闻。他们嘲笑诺尔屯是个玄学鬼。诺尔屯也嗤之以鼻，回敬他们以玄学鬼的称号。
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As the evening grew late , norton , smarting under the repeated charges of being a metaphysician , clutching his chair to keep from jumping to his feet , his gray eyes snapping and his girlish face grown harsh and sure , made a grand attack upon their position 夜色渐深，诺尔屯受到了反复的攻击，他们说他是个官学鬼，把他刺痛了，诺尔克怕自己会跳起来，忙攥住了椅子他灰色的眼睛闪亮着，姑娘一样的面孔变得严厉而坚毅了。
