In The Iliad, as you can see, the warrior Glaucus uses the simile of the leaves to dismiss the importance of genealogy.

在里，你们会发现，武士格劳休斯,用了落叶的比喻来降低家族谱系的重要性。

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But how do you get to Uriah Parmelee, a kid from Connecticut, obviously bright enough or connected enough to get into Yale, who gave all that up for something he saw as a lot higher?

你们该如何理解乌利亚·帕米利,一个从康乃狄格农村来的小孩,很显然,要么聪明绝顶,要么家族显赫,他放弃一切,追求至高

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