in a state of：处于……状态；有几分；有点儿；在某种程度上
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I had, up till then, perceived spiritual beauty……
up till then：到那个时候
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生存还是毁灭 Six Famous Words
佚名/Anonymous
“To be or not to be.”Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but also for every thinking man and woman. To be or not to be, to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally. He answered it by saying：“I think, therefore I am.”