The first duty is self-discipline; its correspondent first privilege is an inborn knowledge of the law of life.

首要职责是自律；其相应的首要特权是与生俱来的生命法则知识。

Men whom one cannot but esteem are deeply engaged in psychical investigations, and have convinced themselves that they are brought into touch with phenomena inexplicable by the commonly accepted laws of life.

人们不能不尊重那些深入从事心理研究的人， 并确信他们接触到了普遍接受的生活规律无法解释的现象。

He did not murmur. It was the law of life, and it was just. He had been born close to the earth and close to the earth had he lived. Its law was not new to him.

他没有咕哝，这是生命的法则，也是正义。他活得离大地太近了，这条法则对他而言一点也不新奇。