Second, growth obviously affected the absolute size both of systems and individual institutions.

其次，高等教育的增长明显影响了教育系统和个体机构的“绝对规模”。

Possibly, he was in a state of second growth and recovery, and was constantly assimilating nutriment for his spirit and intellect from sights, sounds, and events which passed as a perfect void to persons more practised with the world.

可能，他正处于第二次成长和恢复的状态，并不断地从视觉、声音和事件中吸收精神和智慧的养分，而这些对于更熟悉世界的人来说是完全虚无的。