But I did so because I was happy, because I had not courted death, because to be cast upon a bed of rocks and seaweed seemed terrible, because I was unwilling that I, a creature made for the service of God, should serve for food to the gulls and ravens.
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美
- 我之所以那樣做，因為那時(shí)我處在幸福之中，挽回了生命就是挽回了歡樂(lè )，我不允許那樣的去死，不愿意那樣的去死，那長(cháng)眠在巖石和海藻所筑成的床上的景象是很可怕的，因為我不愿意自己這個(gè)上帝依照他自己的模樣創(chuàng )造出來(lái)的人去喂海鷗和烏鴉。
