Writing, unlike teaching, is a very lonely craft, is therefore, I think, very difficult.

写作，不像教学，是孤独的艺术，如此说来，它也非常困难。

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Knowledge, all the arts and sciences, literature, all of the religious writings of the world are manifestations of that voice that at its origin is God saying, "Let there be light." It's the voice of creation.

只是，所有的艺术，科学，文学，所有世界上宗教的写作的开端,都是上帝的声音，让光明普照世界。

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