We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.

We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.

我们似乎只是停留在成年阶段，讲述我们童年的梦想，而这些梦想在我们学习语言之前就从记忆中消失了。

-- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗