The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak;the wound would enlarge with the tree, and posterity read it in full grown characters.

• 一点点的裂缝也会像针尖刻在小橡树嫩皮的名字一样，随着橡树长大而变大，后代看到的将是变大了的字符。