Nay, not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city. Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness;

在这个城市中，我度过了多少个漫长而痛苦的日子，又经历了多少个漫长而孤寂的夜晚；

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Blood samples were taken each week to compare which genes in blood cells were being used during the long and short nights.

他将志愿者这两周的血液样本进行比对，观察在不同睡眠时长下，血细胞中的基因运作情况有何不同。

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The nights were long.

NEWYORKER: Faith

As I look back on my own experiences, there were nights when I came home from work long after the children were in bed and I was too tired for even a bowl of soup.

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