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CHAPTER 32
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Through all aeons since all the worlds were made it is at least not unthinkable that in all the worlds of which our own atom is one, there has ruled a Force illimitable, unconquerable and inexplicable1 and whichsoever its world and whatsoever2 the sign denoting or the name given it, the Force—the Thing has been the same. Upon our own atom of the universe it is given the generic3 name of Love and its existence is that which the boldest need not defy, the most profound need not attempt to explain with clarity, the most brilliantly sophistical to argue away. Its forms of beauty, triviality, magnificence, imbecility, loveliness, stupidity, holiness, purity and bestiality neither detract from nor add to its unalterable power. As the earth revolves4 upon its axis5 and reveals night and day, Spring, Summer and Winter, so it reveals this ceaselessly working Force. Men who were as gods have been uplifted or broken by it, fools have trifled with it, brutes6 have sullied it, saints have worshipped, poets sung and wits derided7 it. As electricity is a force death dealing8, or illuminating9 and power bestowing10, so is this Great Impeller, and it is fatuous—howsoever worldly wise or moderately sardonic11 one would choose to be—to hint ironically that its proportions are less than the ages have proved them. Whether a world formed without a necessity for the presence and assistance of this psychological factor would have been a better or a worse one, it is—by good fortune—not here
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inexplicable
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| 兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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dealing
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illuminating
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bestowing
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spoke
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myriads
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enraptured
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unaware
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perfectly
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scent
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| n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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| vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战 | |
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acting
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robin
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awareness
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divulge
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| v.泄漏(秘密等);宣布,公布 | |
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miraculous
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trickling
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| n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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| vi.醒,觉醒;vt.唤醒,使觉醒,唤起,激起 | |
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lapses
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| n.失误,过失( lapse的名词复数 );小毛病;行为失检;偏离正道v.退步( lapse的第三人称单数 );陷入;倒退;丧失 | |
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curiously
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tremor
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| n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震 | |
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possessed
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impelling
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anguish
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| n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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dreary
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| adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的 | |
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torment
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texture
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| v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 );大口地吸(气);哽住 | |
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conservatory
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| n.温室,音乐学院;adj.保存性的,有保存力的 | |
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scented
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| adj.有香味的;洒香水的;有气味的v.嗅到(scent的过去分词) | |
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softened
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| (使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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guardians
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| 监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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smelt
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Oxford
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| n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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swelled
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| 增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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ecstasy
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| n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷 | |
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| 俯冲,猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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| n.低沉、连续而不清的声音( murmur的名词复数 );低语声;怨言;嘀咕 | |
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