And the reward for the poet's sacrifice here on earth is not simply eternal fame that had long been a privileged image.

诗人在世上的牺牲所带来的回报,不单是长久以来那个特权印象：百世流芳。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And the drama of human life should revolve not around the search for eternal life but around the moral conflict and tension between a good god's design for creation and the free will of human beings that can corrupt that good design.

而关于人类生命的戏剧,不应该围绕于对永生的追寻,而是道德的冲突和紧张状态，在上帝创造的美好,和人类能腐蚀这种美好创造的自由意志间的冲突。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选