有时起因是积极的，而通常则是消极的因素最终引起起我们迟钝头脑的注意，尽管那是我们可能正在自鸣得意。
Sometimes its genesis is positive. Oftentimes, although we gloat about nibbling from the higher branches, it's the negative that finally captures our dim-witted attention.
《帕提农》在它的下一期为自己所引起的轰动而自鸣得意。它嘲弄约翰·伐流爵士，并用残酷的商业手段开发布里森登之死这个话题。
The PARTHENON came out in its next number patting itself on the back for the stir it had made, sneering at Sir John Value, and exploiting Brissenden's death with ruthless commercialism.
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