I wrote off my two years of sweating over that novel for just what they were worth — a noble experiment — and went forward from there.

我为了那本小说的价值——一项崇高的实验——而注销了我为那本小说付出的两年汗水，然后从那里继续前进。

As the disasters continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, which President Hoover called the " noble experiment" .

这样的灾难每天在各州不断发生，有些美国人甚至开始对1919年的全国禁酒运动赞不绝口，这场被胡佛总统称为“高尚试验”的禁酒运动总共历时13年。