This East End boy did not wear his learning, or his polyglottal talents, lightly. He tended to dismiss adversaries as fools, rather than as merely mistaken, or half-right.

这位来自东部边上的男孩从来不轻易炫耀他的学识与多才多艺的天赋，他宁愿将自己的对手看成是一个个的傻子也不愿意将他们当成只是有一点点的学术过失或对学术方面是一知半解的人。

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This East End boy did not wear his learning, or his polyglottal talents, lightly.

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