他讲的故事并不是随意的,而是对他一生价值和成就的描述。
The memory he relates is not a random one; it's a narrative that expresses the values and accomplishments of a lifetime.
正如对单调乏味的几年的厌倦是对一生的有价值的预备,因此发掘无聊乏味之外存在的奢华和悲惨的世界是有裨益的。
Just as being bored by years of monotony is a valuable preparation for life, so is finding out that there's a world of luxury and misery beyond that tedium.
故事是很精彩,但是它在华盛顿的一生中也没体现别的价值。华盛顿本人也却从未提及这件事。
It's a good story, but it appears in no other accounts of Washington's life and was never mentioned by Washington himself.
We add up the goods, subtract the bads-- whatever our favorite list is-- and we come to our best educated guess about the rival evaluations of not just lives as a whole, but chunks of lives.
我们把好事加起来减去坏事-,不管我们最喜欢哪些事-,我们不但可以据理推测,一生期间其他生活的价值,还能推测某段时间其他生活的价值。
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