If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

如果这确实是达到我们所知道的最高目的的手段,那么任何工作都可以是卑贱的或令人厌恶的吗?难道它不更像是一个梯子,我们被翻译的方式?

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He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.

他以如此谦卑的客观态度再现了自己,带着一条狗在镜子里看到自己并想:还有另一条狗。

And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.

如何达到清晰?主要是通过找麻烦和写作来为人们服务,而不是给他们留下深刻印象。

I love my tribe, the Maasai are very good people and humble.

我爱我的部落,马赛人是非常善良和谦逊的人。

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

不要那么惧怕死亡,而要惧怕不充足的生命。