To Mrs. Gardiner, Wickham had one means of affording pleasure, unconnected with his general powers.

可是韦翰讨好起嘉丁纳太太来，另有一套办法，这和他吸引别人的本领完全不同。

There is still much truth in Dr Samuel Johnson's observation, 'The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction'.

塞缪尔·约翰逊博士的观察仍然有很多道理：“真正的天才是具有巨大通用能力的头脑，无意中决定了某个特定的方向”。