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　　A young fellow recently finished the works of Thomas Carlyle, winding up, if we remember aright, with the ten note-books upon Frederick the Great. "What!" cried the young fellow, in consternation, "is there no more Carlyle? Am I left to the daily papers?" A more celebrated instance is that of Alexander, who wept bitterly because he had no more worlds to subdue. And when Gibbon had finished the DECLINE AND FALL, he had only a few moments of joy; and it was with a "sober melancholy" that he parted from his labours.

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　　最近，一位年輕人讀完了托馬斯*卡萊爾的著作。如果我沒記錯的話，關于腓特列大帝的筆記他記了整整十本。“什么？”這個年輕人驚恐地叫道：“沒有卡萊爾的'書可讀了？那我只能看看日報了？”另一個比較有名的例子是亞歷山大，他因為已沒有國家供他征服而號啕大哭。 當吉本完成《羅馬帝國衰亡史》，也只不過高興了一時，然后帶著清醒而又抑郁的心情，他向往日的勞動成果揮手作別。