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A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to follow will not seem to throw it further back - it is already so far.

孩子被悠久的传统所困扰。他的婴儿期是如此之大，如此之大，以至于在他以后的人生中，岁月的流逝似乎不会把它往后推得更远——它已经走得很远了。

— Alice Meynell 梅内尔夫人