This kind of cell-line is called "immortal."

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Faulkner wrote about this too in that immortal character he created in Thomas Sutpen in Absalom, Absalom!

福克纳同样写过这样的内容,那就是,《押沙龙,押沙龙》中的托马斯·塞德潘

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He actually welcomes this in a certain way, because he believes his soul is immortal.

反而以某种方式迎接死神的降临,因为他坚信灵魂是不朽的

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