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Lectures XI SAINTLINESS
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The last lecture left us in a state of expectancy1. What may the practical fruits for life have been,of such movingly happy conversions2 as those we heard of? With this question the really importantpart of our task opens, for you remember that we began all this empirical inquiry4 not merely toopen a curious chapter in the natural history of human consciousness, but rather to attain6 a spiritualjudgment as to the total value and positive meaning of all the religious trouble and happinesswhich we have seen. We must, therefore, first describe the fruits of the religious life, and then we must judge them. This divides our inquiry into two distinct parts. Let us without further preambleproceed to the descriptive task.
It ought to be the pleasantest portion of our business in these lectures. Some small pieces of it, itis true, may be painful, or may show human nature in a pathetic light, but it will be mainlypleasant, because the best fruits of religious experience are the best things that history has to show.
They have always been esteemed8 so; here if anywhere is the genuinely strenuous9 life; and to call tomind a succession of such examples as I have lately had to wander through, though it has beenonly in the reading of them, is to feel encouraged and uplifted and washed in better moral air.
The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of humannature have spread themselves have been flown for religious ideals. I can do no better than quote,as to this, some remarks which Sainte-Beuve in his History of Port-Royal makes on the results ofconversion or the state of grace.
"Even from the purely10 human point of view," Sainte-Beuve says, "the phenomenon of grace muststill appear sufficiently11 extraordinary,
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1 expectancy | |
n.期望,预期,(根据概率统计求得)预期数额 | |
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2 conversions | |
变换( conversion的名词复数 ); (宗教、信仰等)彻底改变; (尤指为居住而)改建的房屋; 橄榄球(触地得分后再把球射中球门的)附加得分 | |
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3 conversion | |
n.转化,转换,转变 | |
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4 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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5 mere | |
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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6 attain | |
vt.达到,获得,完成 | |
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7 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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8 esteemed | |
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9 strenuous | |
adj.奋发的,使劲的;紧张的;热烈的,狂热的 | |
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10 purely | |
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11 sufficiently | |
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12 eminent | |
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13 thereby | |
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14 fixed | |
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15 invincible | |
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16 jubilee | |
n.周年纪念;欢乐 | |
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17 confession | |
n.自白,供认,承认 | |
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18 penetrate | |
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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19 Christians | |
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 ) | |
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20 modification | |
n.修改,改进,缓和,减轻 | |
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21 affected | |
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22 piety | |
n.虔诚,虔敬 | |
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23 humility | |
n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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24 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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25 savor | |
vt.品尝,欣赏;n.味道,风味;情趣,趣味 | |
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26 abridged | |
削减的,删节的 | |
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27 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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28 aberrations | |
n.偏差( aberration的名词复数 );差错;脱离常规;心理失常 | |
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29 distinguished | |
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30 obstructions | |
n.障碍物( obstruction的名词复数 );阻碍物;阻碍;阻挠 | |
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31 incessant | |
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32 subconscious | |
n./adj.潜意识(的),下意识(的) | |
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33 constraint | |
n.(on)约束,限制;限制(或约束)性的事物 | |
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34 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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35 proprieties | |
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36 possessed | |
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37 maternal | |
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的 | |
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38 toil | |
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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39 hesitation | |
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40 inhibitive | |
a.起抑制作用的 | |
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41 discourses | |
论文( discourse的名词复数 ); 演说; 讲道; 话语 | |
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42 inundation | |
n.the act or fact of overflowing | |
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43 nun | |
n.修女,尼姑 | |
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44 eminence | |
n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家 | |
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45 bungalow | |
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46 reptiles | |
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47 quelled | |
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48 reign | |
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49 dread | |
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50 cowardice | |
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51 impelling | |
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52 propensities | |
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53 intensity | |
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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54 antagonists | |
对立[对抗] 者,对手,敌手( antagonist的名词复数 ); 对抗肌; 对抗药 | |
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55 rout | |
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56 annul | |
v.宣告…无效,取消,废止 | |
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57 annulled | |
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58 hoops | |
n.箍( hoop的名词复数 );(篮球)篮圈;(旧时儿童玩的)大环子;(两端埋在地里的)小铁弓 | |
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59 frantic | |
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60 repentance | |
n.懊悔 | |
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61 wrath | |
n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒 | |
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62 impatience | |
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63 annihilates | |
n.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的名词复数 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃v.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的第三人称单数 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃 | |
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64 irresistibly | |
adv.无法抵抗地,不能自持地;极为诱惑人地 | |
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65 trampled | |
踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯 | |
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66 elicited | |
引出,探出( elicit的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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67 renounce | |
v.放弃;拒绝承认,宣布与…断绝关系 | |
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68 astringency | |
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69 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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70 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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71 beset | |
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72 amiability | |
n.和蔼可亲的,亲切的,友善的 | |
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73 alteration | |
n.变更,改变;蚀变 | |
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74 alterations | |
n.改动( alteration的名词复数 );更改;变化;改变 | |
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75 relatively | |
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76 habitually | |
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77 inborn | |
adj.天生的,生来的,先天的 | |
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78 deterrents | |
制止物( deterrent的名词复数 ) | |
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79 aspirant | |
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80 deliberately | |
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81 friction | |
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82 omnipotent | |
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83 participation | |
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84 duel | |
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85 intoxicates | |
使喝醉(intoxicate的第三人称单数形式) | |
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86 peril | |
n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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87 impetus | |
n.推动,促进,刺激;推动力 | |
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88 disinterested | |
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89 solely | |
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90 generosity | |
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为 | |
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91 loyalty | |
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92 precedent | |
n.先例,前例;惯例;adj.在前的,在先的 | |
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93 severed | |
v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂 | |
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94 auroral | |
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95 obliteration | |
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96 ardor | |
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97 paltry | |
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98 incentives | |
激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 ); 刺激; 诱因; 动机 | |
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99 reveres | |
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100 paramountcy | |
n.最高权威 | |
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101 ebbs | |
退潮( ebb的名词复数 ); 落潮; 衰退 | |
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102 motives | |
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103 embarking | |
乘船( embark的现在分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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104 regenerate | |
vt.使恢复,使新生;vi.恢复,再生;adj.恢复的 | |
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105 recollect | |
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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106 abounds | |
v.大量存在,充满,富于( abound的第三人称单数 ) | |
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107 Oxford | |
n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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108 permanently | |
adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地 | |
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109 radical | |
n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的 | |
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