我们学到的知识越多，就越多地展现出自身的无知。--肯尼迪。

The greater our knowledge increases, the more our ignorance unfolds.

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As I see it, the official function of this simile is to give us a sense of the size of Satan's shield and thereby to give us a sense of the size of Satan himself.

在我看来，这个比喻的正式的作用,是要给我们展现出撒旦的屏障的规模,因此来展现撒旦自身的伟岸。

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