The number of their years may have adequately summed up Jared, Mahalaleel, and the rest of the antediluvians, but the age of a modern man is to be measured by the intensity of his history.

年岁可以充分概括雅列、玛勒列和大洪水以前的那些人，但是现代人的年龄要用他阅历的深浅来衡量。