I could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born and that they died.
I could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born and that they died.
我无从查证墓碑上印刻着的含义；黄铜的也好，大理石的也罢，都默默地矗立在死者的坟堆上，没有留下其他的哀思和悼念，像是一种晦涩的讽刺，暗示着人们：他们由生开始，以死结束。。。。。。