What acquirement exalts one being above another?
什么得使个人超越另个人?
The imagination should not be allowed to debauch the understanding before it gained strength, or vanity will become the forerunner of vice: for every way of exhibiting the acquirements of a child is injurious to its moral character.
不应允许想象力在理解力获得力量之前败坏理解力,否则虚荣心将成为罪恶的先驱:因为展示儿童学业的每种方式会损害其道德品质。
Such tastes and acquirements in a man of his condition made the contrast more poignant between his outer situation and his inner needs, and I hoped that the chance of giving expression to the latter might at least unseal his lips.
像他这样的人,这种品位和学识使他的外在处境和内在需要之间的对比更加尖锐,我希望表达后者的机会至少可以打开他的嘴巴。