Famous atheists mocked them and then capitulated themselves to the mysteries of the spirit world: like Annie Besant, a social reformer who ended up as a credulous theosophist.

一些有名的无神论者先是对这种行为嗤之以鼻, 之后却纷纷投入神秘的亡灵之域。例如，一位叫安妮.本森特的社会改革家，最后却成了一名轻信的见神论者。

If I were a theosophist, I should certainly revere the tiny frogs as the living shape of Chinese aristocrats, who, even in an enforced humility of form, maintain an archaic arrogance.

如果我是通神论者， 我当然应该把这些小青蛙尊崇为中国贵族的活生生的形象， 他们即使在强制谦卑的形式下， 也保持着古老的傲慢。