Of course, as you have guessed, the good reader is the one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary and some artistic sense, which sense I propose to develop in myself and others whenever I have the chance.

当然，就像你们猜到的那样，好读者拥有想像力、好记性、,一本字典和几分艺术感，我建议一有机会,就进行自我及他人的艺术感培养。

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Stand up and you can--That's fine.

请站起来,那样就好

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Maybe reading philosophy would be somethin that as long as you were doing it you couldn't die or, as perhaps some religious traditions might've taught, as long as you were engaged in prayer ? you couldn't die. Wouldn't that be nice?

也许看哲学书会是某件,只要你在做，你就不可能死的事，或者也许像某些宗教传统所说，只要你参与祷告,你就不可能死，那样岂不是很好？

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