The perception arrested him less when he reflected that what are called advanced ideas are really in great part but the latest fashion in definition—a more accurate expression, by words in logy and ism, of sensations which men and women have vaguely grasped for centuries.

想到那些所谓先进的思想，大半不过是界定事物的最新方式——用种种“学”与“主义”，更准确地表达男男女女数百年来隐约感知的东西——他便不再那么惊讶了。