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穿过云端的大门，透过露珠的纱幕，一直通向令人敬畏的永恒世界--那就是天国，在那儿朵朵飘过的云彩实际上都是天使的战车，晨曦和晚霞的每缕光芒都来自上帝的宝座。

Trees of beauty and height and grace,
To stand in splendor before His face:
优美，高大，仪态万千，
壮丽地耸立在上帝面前：

"We have crossed the Rubicon," he cried as he reached the farther shore. "There is now no turning back."
“我们已经越过卢比孔河了，”他到达河的对岸时喊道，“现在只有前进，决不后退。”

How comforting it is to see a cheerful and contented old age; and to behold a poor fellow, like this, after being tempest-tost through life, safely moored in a snug and quiet harbour in the evening of his days!
见到一位欢乐愉快，心满意足的老人，特别是看到这样一位贫穷的人，一生饱经风暴的颠簸，最终却在一个平静安宁的港湾里停泊下来，安度晚年，这是多么令人欣慰啊！

Lectures often seem very formal and empty things; recitations generally prove very dull and nrewarding.
课堂讲授常常显得很一本正经而空洞无物，背诵往往非常枯燥而收效甚微。

I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
在送我批阅的陆军部档案中，我看到一份马萨诸塞州陆军副官长写的报告，说您便是有五个儿子光荣牺牲在战场上的那位母亲。