When he was earnest in discourse, these shone, as it were, a bright- as if a bright live coal within it.

当他认真地在谈话，两只眼睛便闪闪发光，就好像明亮的燃烧着的煤块。

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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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