In a novel superbly poised between the magic of innocence and the melancholy of experience, Mr Ondaatje probes what it means to have a cautious heart.

这本小说庄严地站在天真的魔力与经验的优郁当中，探索拥有谨慎心灵的意义。

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In a subsequent passage, Mr. Burton traces the persistence of melancholy to the fall of Eden.

WSJ: Robert Burton | The Anatomy of Melancholy | Digressions on a Diagnosis | Masterpiece by Danny Heitman

Samuel Johnson, another great chatterbox of English literature, opened "The Anatomy of Melancholy" and easily embraced Mr. Burton's loquacious manner.

WSJ: Robert Burton | The Anatomy of Melancholy | Digressions on a Diagnosis | Masterpiece by Danny Heitman

Not long after embarking upon the subject of God and melancholy, for example, Mr. Burton veers into "A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, " which leads into an elaborate taxonomy of evil creatures, including the question of whether some devils "have excrements" or "feel pain if they are hurt, " and whether there can be both good and bad devils.

WSJ: Robert Burton | The Anatomy of Melancholy | Digressions on a Diagnosis | Masterpiece by Danny Heitman