Within twenty minutes I had drifted into the desired state, the high-walled infinite prison of directed thought. It doesn't always happen to me, and I was grateful that night.

不出二十分钟，我就已经进入了渴望的理想状态，思想专一，方向明确，仿佛进入了一所高墙环绕、空间无限的监狱。

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Certain faculties in man are directed towards the Unknown; thought, revery, prayer.

人的某些官能是指向未知世界的，那是思想、梦想和祈祷。

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However, much of the criticism that is directed at Mill in particular (rather than the theory in general) results from taking his Utilitarianism out of the context of his overall thought.

然而，大多数批判的矛头都直指穆勒本人(总体上超过其理论)，只是源于他将功利主义的思想作为基础创作他的整个理论。

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He thought that Japanese-style state-directed easy credit for Korea's chaebol (conglomerates) would allow them to expand indefinitely without worrying overmuch about profits.

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