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They found him - or, rather, It - in the doctrines of what came to be known in America as Transcendentalism.

他们在美国人称呼为「先验哲学论」(Transcendental-ism)的学说中找到了「他」，或者更确切地说，找到了「它」。

" The loss which America has sustained since the peace, from the pestilent effects of paper money on the necessary confidence between man and man, on the necessary confidence in the public councils, on the industry and morals of the people, and on the character of republican government, constitutes an enormous debt against the States chargeable with this unadvised measure, which must long remain unsatisfied; or rather an accumulation of guilt, which can be expiated no otherwise than by a voluntary sacrifice on the altar of justice, of the power which has been the instrument of it."

根据商务印书馆1980年的《汉译世界名著系列》，译文为"自从和平时期以来，美国由于纸币对人与人之间的必要信任、对公众会议的必要信任、对人们的勤勉和道德，以及对共和政府的性质等等方面所造成的有害影响而遭受的损失，对各州造成了应由此项轻率措施负责的极大的过失；它一定会长时期令人不满，或者不如说是一种罪孽的积累，要不是在正义祭坛上自愿牺牲用以达到此项目的的权力，就无法赎罪"。

Or rather, for I am wrong, it is God who is just and unbending.

那些说要把我的病治好的人老是给我放血，我都精疲力竭了，我的手不听使唤了。

His laughter ceases to be free, or rather, carefree; it becomes constantly inhibited by the consciousness of the unfunny side of life.

他的笑声不再是免费的，或者说，无忧无虑；成为抑制意识的不断unfunny一面。

Or rather, being noble, I attained an unsullied body.

或更好说，因为我善良，我进入了一个无玷的身体内

Or, rather, in the variant, it doesn't.

但是，变异过后，它就不在原来的位置上了。

And demi-experiences of the life that is in nature are in time veritably future, or rather outside to time, perennial, young, divine, in the wind and rain which never die.

那些得自于大自然的不成熟的生活经验，就真正地成为了未来的一部分，或者说与时间无关了。它们将永远存在、永远保持年轻和神圣，永不会在风雨中消逝。

As yesterday and the historical ages are past, as the work of to-day is present, so some flitting perspectives, and demi-experiences of the life that is in nature are in time veritably future, or rather outside to time, perennial, young, divine, in the wind and rain which never die.

当昨天和遥远的历史一起成为往事，当今天的工作就在眼前，那么，那些不确定的看法、那些得自于大自然的不成熟的生活经验，就真正地成为了未来的一部分，或者说与时间无关了。它们将永远存在、永远保持年轻和神圣，永不会在风雨中消逝。

We all went in Vic's car, or rather his father's.

我们都进了维克的车，哦，不，是他父亲的车。

Haydn was a countryman, son of a wheelwright, his family still part of the peasantry (for this very reason—or rather, for its democratic implications—Beethoven treasured a painting of the little hut in which Haydn was born); whereas Mozart was a townsman, his father was university-educated (trained as a lawyer, in fact, although he chose music as a profession) and the author of a best-selling book.

海顿来自乡村，是一个车轮修造匠的儿子，他的家族仍属于小农阶级（由于这个原因，作为一种平民化的象征，贝多芬珍藏着一幅以海顿小屋为主题的画作）；而莫扎特则是城市居民，他的父亲接受过高等教育（法学专业，虽然他最终选择以音乐作为终身职业）并且是一本畅销书的作者。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。