The comic will come into being, it appears, whenever a group of men concentrate their attention on one of their number, imposing silence on their emotions and calling into play nothing but their intelligence.

看来，只要一群人将注意力集中在其中一人身上，压制他们的情绪， 只调动他们的智慧， 喜剧就会出现。

You cannot but be aware that your Parents were unfortunately Slaves to the grossest superstition: When this foible was called into play, their every other sentiment, their every other passion yielded to its irresistible strength.

你不得不意识到，不幸的是，你的父母是最粗俗迷信的奴隶：当这个弱点发挥作用时，他们的所有其他情感、所有其他激情都屈服于其不可抗拒的力量。

The fact was, that the different sentiments with which Education and Nature had inspired him were combating in his bosom: It remained for his passions, which as yet no opportunity had called into play, to decide the victory.

事实是，教育和自然激发他的不同情感在他的胸膛里交战：决定胜利的仍然是他的激情，而这些激情还没有机会发挥作用。