Oh, Son. Did you not ever go on your knees and pray for deliverance from all your sins and scoundrel's acts? Lost boy, depart.

噢，儿子！你怎么不跪下，为了对你的所有,罪恶和卑鄙行为的判决而祈祷，迷失的孩子，走吧。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He wrote once that, "The chief thing is to know your duties and our edicts by heart and not put off things until tomorrow, like his son did.

他曾经这样写道,"最要紧的事就是牢记我们的职责和法令,并且不把今天能做的事拖延到明天去做",他儿子就是这么拖沓的

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选