But there was too much playfulness in Mr Gardner to make him yield entirely to reason.
不过,鉴于先生天性童趣盎然,要他完全屈从于科学理性是未免点儿强人所难了。
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It continues to haunt us, to stalk us, and as we try to silence it with reason and maturity we find that indeed, it is a fire within our bones and it will not yield.