The subtle and varied pains springing from the higher sensibility that accompanies higher culture, are perhaps less pitiable than that dreary absence of impersonal enjoyment and consolation which leaves ruder minds to the perpetual urgent companionship of their own griefs and discontents.

较高的文化修养带来更细腻的感受力，由此生出的种种隐痛，或许还不及另一种境遇可悲：心灵粗疏的人缺少超越自身的乐趣与慰藉，只能任自己的悲伤与不满时时纠缠。