Clearly, this is something that he wants to believe or that he needs to believe, but there does seem to be evidence that at least at this early point in Milton's life he's intending to remain sexually abstinent forever.

很显然，这些都是他想去相信的,或者他需要相信的，但好像有证据证明至少有一点很清楚,弥尔顿一生都想做一个禁欲者。

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