I hardly need to say that I have never lost contact with him.

几乎不用说，我从未和他失去联系。

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“I never knew him to take any recreation or pastime,” said his assistant, Humphrey Newton, “thinking all hours lost that were not spent on his studies.

“我从未听闻过他有任何消遣娱乐活动，” 他的助手汉弗莱·牛顿说，“那样用来做研究的时间就被白白浪费掉了。”

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"I never knew him to take any recreation or pastime," said his assistant, Humphrey Newton, "thinking all hours lost that were not spent on his studies."

“我从未听闻过他有任何消遣娱乐活动，”他的助手汉弗莱·牛顿说，“那样用来做研究的时间就被白白浪费掉了。”

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We lost him when he was 12, and I've never been able to replace him.

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