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One who saw the Duke of Wellington in his last years describes him as very gentle in his aspect and demeanor.
曾有幸見過威靈頓公爵晚年生活的人，形容他言談舉止非常溫和。
I remember a person of singularly stern and lofty bearing who became remarkably gracious and easy in all his ways in the later period of his life.
我記得有一位特別嚴厲和高傲的人在晚年卻各方面都變得非常親切、容易相處。
And that leads me to say that men often remind me of pears in their way of coming to maturity.
這會促使我說，經常讓我想起梨子的人在某些方面正在接近成熟。
Some are ripe at twenty, like human Jargonelles, and must be made the most of, for their day is soon over.
有些人在二十歲時就成熟了，就像早熟梨子一樣，必然在某一天腐爛枯萎。
Some come into their perfect condition late, like the autumn kinds, and they last better than the summer fruit.
有些人進入完美狀態遲了些，就像秋梨一樣，最終要比夏天成熟的梨子更香甜。
And some, that, like the Winter Nelis, have been hard and uninviting until all the rest have had their season,
有些人則像冬青果，果實堅硬，直到所有其他的果實都過了季節，
get their glow and perfume long after the frost and snow have done their worst with the orchards.
經過嚴寒和霜凍后很久才漸漸發紅，才散發出郁郁芳香。
Beware of rash criticisms; the rough and stringent fruit you condemn may be an autumn or a winter pear,
要小心魯莽輕率的批評。你所稱的堅硬和難吃的水果也許就是到秋天和冬天才成熟的梨子，
and that which you picked up beneath the same bough in August may have been only its worm-eaten windfalls.
而在八月份你在同一根大樹枝下拾起的也許只是梨子上的蟲子——專吃被風吹落的果子。
Milton was a Saint Germain with a graft of the roseate Early Catherine.
彌爾頓是嫁接了凱瑟琳王朝早期樂觀精神的圣日耳曼，
Rich, juicy, lively, fragrant, russet-skinned old Chaucer was an Easter Beurre; the buds of a new summer were swelling when he ripened.
而味濃、汁多、色彩鮮艷、芬芳和黃褐色的老喬叟則是一種復活節黃油。在成熟時，初夏的蓓蕾迅速膨大。
