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His cheerfulness was unremitting. It seemed to be as much the effect of a systematic and salutary exercise of the mind, as of its superior organization.
他的樂天達觀能傳達給每個人，仿佛思維系統性和有益的練習發揮出的效果，這種效果同其高級組織形式一樣大。
His wit was of the first order. It did not show itself merely in occasional coruscations,
他的風趣堪稱優雅的典范，這種風趣并非僅僅偶爾才煥發出光彩，
but, without any effort or force on his part, it shed a constant stream of the purest light over the whole of his discourse.
而是不需任何刻意的努力或勉強為之的信手拈來。在他整個談話過程中，始終閃耀著純粹的智慧光芒。
Whether in the company of commons or nobles, he was always the same plain man,
不論在普通場合還是高雅的場合，他的平易近人始終如一，
always most perfectly at his ease, with his faculties in full play, and the full orbit of his genius forever clear and unclouded.
始終表現得非常自在，調動所有的能力以期表達充分，他的天賦才能始終以清晰和平靜的方式充分體現出來。
And then, the stores of his mind were inexhaustible. He had commenced life with an attention so vigilant that nothing had escaped his observation;
還有，他的思想是取之不竭的。他以一種專心的態度開始談話，他非常警覺，以至于沒有什么能逃過他的觀察；
and a judgment so solid that every incident was turned to advantage.
他的判斷如此可靠，以至于每一件事情都會轉向有利的結果。
His youth had not been wasted in idleness, nor overcast by intemperance.
他的青春沒有被懶惰虛擲，也從沒有因為放縱自己而心生悔恨。
He had been, all his life, a close and deep reader, as well as thinker;
終其一生，他一直手不釋卷，一直是個思考者；
and by the force of his own powers, had wrought up the raw materials which he had gathered from books, with such exquisite skill and felicity,
憑借自己的天賦所激發出的能量，運用精致的技巧和恰當的分寸，他將從書中搜集到的原料加工和鍛造成成熟的思想，
that he has added a hundred fold to their original value, and justly made them his own.
使這些原料最初的價值增加百倍，變成他自己的東西。
