It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

正是未知激发了学者们的热情，他们只对已知的事物感到厌倦。

-- Wallace Stevens 华莱士·史蒂文斯