Is there any one of us who has not lived through moments, if not years, of longing for a world without ambiguity, and for the stability of something unchangeable in human institutions?

我们中间的任何一位，难道你没有生活过几个月，如果不是几年，渴望有一个并不模棱两可的世界，渴望一个毫无变化的稳定人类社会？

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I really don't know, but there is a tremendous longing in me for something much more than comfort, pleasure and the satisfaction of fulfilment.

我真的不知道，但是我内心有一种强烈的渴望，渴望一种远远超出舒适、快乐和成就的满足感的东西。

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"Something" here means man's longing for communication, or a desire to break the ice of indifference.

“东西”在这里是指人对沟通的渴望，或对打破冷漠僵局的希望。

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