It has drowned out the most heavenly ecstacies of religious fervor, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation.

• 它把宗教的虔诚、骑士的热忱、小市民的伤感这些情感的神圣激发，淹没在利己主义打算的冰水之中。