He had read much, if one considers his long life, but his contemplation was much more than his reading.

人们说他漫长的一生，便一定会说他饱读诗书，但他的思想却比他的阅读丰富得多。

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So Milton implies to Diodati that he isn't yet up to the task of epic, but as he describes the Nativity Ode that he's just written, it's almost as if he considers it something of a mini-epic.

所以弥尔顿暗示迪奥达蒂自己还不能完成创作史诗的任务，但他提到了他刚写完的《圣诞清晨歌》,好像这就是一篇迷你史诗。

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But still, he considers justice grounded on utility to be what he calls "the chief part and incomparably, the most sacred and binding part of all morality."

但是他依然把基于功利的公正称为,所有道德的主体,最无与伦比，最神圣，最有约束力的部分“

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