I cannot hope to have reproduced adequately all the vigour and force of his style, the subtlety of his distinctions, or the shrewdness of his mother-wit.
我不指望可以充分再现其富有生机与活力的风格，他的微妙细腻，以及天才般的机智。
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She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called "MotherWit", because in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.
她鼓励我要仔细倾听乡下人称为“天生智慧”的话语，她说那些朴实的话语表达了世代相传的集体智慧。
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She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called motherwit.