In his early twenties the conviction of the futility of effort, of the wisdom of abnegation, had been confirmed by the philosophies he had admired as well as by his association with Maury Noble, and later with his wife.
在他 20 岁出头的时候,他坚信努力是徒劳的,放弃是明智的,这已经被他所钦佩的哲学以及他与莫里诺布尔以及后来与他妻子的交往所证实。