In his powers of reflection, memory and foresight, man possesses, as it were, a machine for condensing and storing up his pleasures and his sorrows.
人以他的反应力,记忆力和预见力,好比掌控了一架机器,能把他的快乐和痛苦浓缩和储存起来。
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In popular culture today, Twain is "Colonel Sanders without the chicken, the avuncular man who told stories," Ron Powers, the author of "Mark Twain: a Life," said in a phone interview.