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As we talked the whole evening and stayed together till midnight, I am not recording1 the whole conversation, but am only selecting what cleared up for me one enigmatic point in his life.
I will begin by saying that I have no doubt that he loved my mother, and though he did abandon her and “break off all relations with her” when he went away, it was, of course, only because he was bored or something of that kind, which is apt to happen indeed to every one on earth, but which is always difficult to explain. Abroad, after some length of time, however, he suddenly began to love mother again, at a distance, that is in thought, and sent for her. I shall be told perhaps that it was a “caprice,” but I think differently: to my mind it was a question of all that can be serious in human life, in spite of the apparent sloppiness2 which I am ready, if you like, to some extent to admit. But I swear that I put his grieving for Europe unmistakably on a level with, and in fact incomparably higher than, any modern practical activity in the construction of railways. His love for humanity I recognize as a most sincere and deep feeling, free from any sort of pose, and his love for mother as something quite beyond dispute, though perhaps a little fantastic. Abroad, in melancholy3 and happiness, and I may add in the strictest monastic solitude4 (this fact I learned afterwards through Tatyana Pavlovna), he suddenly thought of mother — to be exact, thought of her “hollow cheeks,” and at once sent for her.
“My dear,” he blurted5 out among other things, “I suddenly reflected that my serving the idea did not release me, as a morally rational creature, from the duty of making, in the course of my life, at least one fellow-creature happy, in a practical way.”
“Can such a bookish thought have really been the reason of it?” I asked him with surprise.
“It’s not a bookish thought. Though — perhaps it is. It was everything together; you know I loved your mother really, sincerely, not bookishly. If I hadn’t loved her, I shouldn’t have sent for her, but should have made happy some casual German, man or woman, if I had
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n.录音,记录 | |
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n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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everlasting
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physically
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delicacy
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ironical
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amazement
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timorous
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chattering
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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timorously
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bliss
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n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福 | |
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<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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hysterically
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monologue
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adj.发烧的,狂热的,兴奋的 | |
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impatience
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systematic
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irresistible
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seclusion
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horrid
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entirely
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judgment
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humane
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candid
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rupture
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hatred
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n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨 | |
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n.修道士,僧侣( monk的名词复数 ) | |
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thoroughly
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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inexplicable
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adj.无法解释的,难理解的 | |
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contemptible
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adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的 | |
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vindictively
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harassed
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adj. 疲倦的,厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词 | |
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astonishment
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straightforwardly
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truthfulness
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blessing
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sincerity
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ecstasy
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obsession
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blessings
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绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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champagne
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