I have learnt how quickly the dry rot of poverty stultifies and festers, crumbling confidence and destroying dignity.

我学到了贫困的干腐让人愚笨溃烂、粉碎人的信心、摧毁人的尊严有多快。

The fact that they do not, but on the contrary observe the Sunday, stultifies them in the eyes of every thinking man.

事实上他们并没有这样做，相反地，他们却遵守星期日，使他们在有思想的人眼中显得愚蠢。