The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.

  • -- William Robertson Smith 威廉·罗伯逊·史密斯

看来,神常常被认为是他的子民的身体祖先或始祖。

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Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

与其把我们的命运与那些比我们幸运的人相比,我们应该把它与我们绝大多数同胞的命运相比。这样看来,我们似乎属于特权阶层。

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

任何值得做的事情都经常被做。我认为,迄今未做的事情应该敬而远之。

The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.

浪漫小说最早出现的形式是一种粗鄙的诗歌。