Milton himself, and this seems to be true, is said to have had one of the most capacious, one of the largest memories in English letters.

这似乎是真的，弥尔顿他自己，据传拥有对英文字词数一数二，的超大容量记忆。

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In other words, I'm arguing that the saturation of these speeches with signs of words, language, speaking, words, books, is just the dilemma of the character.

换言之，我认为这些演讲之所以会充斥着,字词，语言，言论和书籍，其实只是一种进退维谷的困境。

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Meaning is an affair of consciousness and not of words.

含义关乎意识，而不是字词。

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The first of the two passages I want to talk about is Hirsch's argument that "meaning is an affair of consciousness and not of words" -meaning is an affair of consciousness and not of words.

这两篇里我想首先讲讲赫施的主张,“含义关乎意识，而不是字词“,含义关乎意识，而不是字词。

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