I fell asleep, I think, because I awoke to a deeper darkness. It was late, much past my bedtime.

我大概是睡着了，因为醒来时只见一片漆黑。

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Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

以暴易暴只会是暴上加暴，就象使得没有星星的夜晚更加黑暗……。仇恨不能消除仇恨，只有爱能。

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Then Marlow detects that European colonialism not only plunges the land into deeper darkness, but also gives rise to "the darkness" in man's inner world, that is, the evil in human nature.

其次，马洛察觉到欧洲人的殖民活动给刚果带来更深的黑暗的同时，也使这片土地上的人的内心世界中的“黑暗”——人性的恶暴露无疑。

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The rain, as he had foretold, had returned, whispering and drumming outside, and bringing inside a deeper shade of darkness.

NEWYORKER: Outage