I felt miserable because I put my sense of self worth in the accomplishment of a thing.

让我感觉悲哀是我居然将实现自我价值的方式放在了完成某件破事上了。

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Then I explained myself: The hometown is turely so, ---- which makes no progress, but it is not as miserable as I felt.

于是我自己解释说：故乡本也如此，——虽然没有进步，也未必有如我所感的悲凉。

youdao

Then I explained myself: The hometown is turely so, ---- which makes no progress, but it is not as miserable as I felt.

于是我自己解释说：故乡本也如此，——虽然没有进步，也未必有如我所感的悲凉。

youdao