And his fresh mind, untaxed for twenty years and impelled by maturity of desire, gripped hold of what he read with a virility unusual to the student mind.

• 他那二十年没曾动过的脑筋受到成熟的欲望的驱使，更对书本紧抓不放，孜孜吃吃，就初学者而言其啃劲之猛十分罕见。