The natural desire for fame seated in the breast of every true scholar usually pushes him to make haste by the readiest way of publishing and divulging conceived merits.

每个真正的学者本质上都极度渴望成名,这使得他们匆匆发表那些,还未成形的文章。

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And the epic opens before the formation of heaven and earth.

史诗开始叙述的是天地还未成形之前。

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