"Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd," William Wordsworth said in the 19th century.

“并非选择，而是习惯会控制那些没有思想的人。”19世纪时，威廉·华兹华斯说。

Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd. "William Wordsworth said in the 19th century."

19世纪，威廉华兹华斯曾说：“真正掌控了那些缺乏思考的人的不是选择而是习惯。”

You will not think I have presumed upon your defencelessness - been too quick and unreflecting, will you?

你不会以为我在你没有防备时太鲁莽吧？ ——我来得太快，也没有想一想，你会不会？

Can I disclaim the stereotype of Americans as living without the resonance of history, inhabiting the present with a childlike complacency, an unwitting, unreflecting arrogance?

我是否可以否认对美国人的成见，不承认他们的生活缺少历史的共鸣，象孩子一样满足于现在，在缺乏自知之明和自省的情况下沾沾自喜？

Others may fall around us like leaves, or be mowed down by the scythe of Time like grass: these are but metaphors to the unreflecting, buoyant ears and overweening presumption of youth.

有些人会是我们身边的落叶或是像被时间的镰刀铲除的杂草。这些不仅仅是比喻，而是对那些肤浅，大脑空洞，自负的年轻人的预告。