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There are many reasons, doubtless, why doctrines which are the badge of a sect retain more of their vitality than those common to all recognised sects, and why more pains are taken by teachers to keep their meaning alive; but one reason certainly is, that the peculiar doctrines are more questioned, and have to be oftener defended against open gainsayers.

说到为什么作为某一教派所独有的标志的教义要比一切公认教派所共有的教义能够保留较多的生命力，为什么从事宣教的人们要对后者保持其意义的生动性就感到较多的苦难，这无疑有许多的理由；但确定有一个理由是，凡独特的教义都遭受较多的问难，都必需较经常地在公开的反驳者面前为自己辩护。

Even the wind blew oftener down the valley, and carried the dead leaves along with it in the fall.

甚至连风都常常是向山谷下吹去，秋天时还席卷着无数的落叶。

Sometimes he thought of Judge Miller's big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley, and of the cement swimming tank, and Ysabel, the Mexican hairless, and Toots, the Japanese pug; but oftener he remembered the man in the red sweater, the death of Curly, the great fight with Spitz and the good things he had eaten or would like to eat.

有时他回忆起沐浴在阳光里的圣克莱拉山谷的米勒法官那所大宅院，想起水泥做的游泳池，想起墨西哥种的秃子伊莎贝尔和日本种的图茨。不过他更经常想到的是那个穿红汗衫的人，克丽的死，跟斯帕斯搏斗，还有吃过的和想吃的好东西。

But this is impossible, as long as it is engaging in a market economy, there are risks in any operation.

但是，这是不可能的，只要是搞市场经济，是有风险的任何行动。

We're on the same wavelength.

我们是同道中人。