"I admire the activity of your benevolence,"observed Mary,"but everyimpulse of feeling should be guided by reason;and,in my opinion,exertionshould always be in proportion to what is required."

“我欽佩你熱忱向善的心意，” 瑪麗說(shuō)道，“但一切情感的沖動(dòng)都應(yīng)當(dāng)受理智的約束；而且在我看來(lái)，付出與努力，總要貼合實(shí)際所需、量力而行?！?/p>

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在瑪麗看來(lái)，感性理應(yīng)當(dāng)與理性相匹配。事實(shí)上，理性與感性的分量雖然不能夠等同，但是理性顯然戰(zhàn)勝了感性。