Two months later he bent himself to the study of drawing and painting as others would bend to the plough.

两个月后，像其他人将躬身耕作一样，他躬身于绘画和油画研究。

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He goes out to the smallest end of the bough, where it would bend with his weight, and gently lets himself down by it, sliding down the bough.

他爬到树枝最细的地方，那地方只要给他的体重一压，就会垂下来，然后轻轻地从树枝下滑下来。

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But, he never justified himself by a hint tending that way, or tried to bend the past out of its eternal shape.

不过他并没有表示出他的这种看法，也没有表示对已经铸成事实的往事有什么懊悔屈服。

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Two months later he bent himself to the study of drawing and painting as others would bend to the plough.

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