A young man sees a sunset and, unable to understand or to express the emotion that it rouses in him, concludes that it must be the gateway to world that lies beyond.
It is difficult for any of us in moments of intense aesthetic（美的） experience to resist the suggestion that we are catching a glimpse of a light that shines down to us from a different realm of existence,
different and, because the experience is intensely moving, in some way higher.
And, though the gleams blind and dazzle（耀眼的光，灿烂） , yet do they convey a hint of beauty and serenity GREater than we have known or imagined.
Greater too than we can describe;
for language, which was invented to convey the meanings of this world, cannot readily be fitted to the uses of another.
That all great has this power of suggesting a world beyond is undeniable.
In some moods, Nature shares it.
There is no sky in June so blue that it does not point forward to a bluer,
no sunset so beautiful that it does not waken the vision of a greater beauty, a vision which passes before it is fully glimpsed, and in passing leaves and indefinable longing and regret.
But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars,
and existence an empty laugh braying（捣碎） across the mysteries;
if these intimations（暗示） of a something behind and beyond are not evil humour born of indigestion（消化不良） , or whimsies（怪念头） sent by the devil to mock and madden us.
if, in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning.
If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter it,
nor should we seek to invest with significance that which we cannot grasp.
Beauty in terms of our human meanings is meaningless.
相关单词：gateway
gateway解释：n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法
gateway例句：
Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。
相关单词：aesthetic
aesthetic解释：adj.美学的，审美的，有美感
aesthetic例句：
My aesthetic standards are quite different from his.我的审美标准与他的大不相同。
The professor advanced a new aesthetic theory.那位教授提出了新的美学理论。
相关单词：catching
catching解释：adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住
catching例句：
There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
相关单词：serenity
serenity解释：n.宁静，沉着，晴朗
serenity例句：
Her face,though sad,still evoked a feeling of serenity.她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。
She escaped to the comparative serenity of the kitchen.她逃到相对安静的厨房里。
相关单词：fully
fully解释：adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
fully例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
相关单词：longing
longing解释：n.（for）渴望
longing例句：
Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
相关单词：flare
flare解释：v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发
flare例句：
The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。
相关单词：braying
braying解释：v.发出驴叫似的声音( bray的现在分词 )；发嘟嘟声；粗声粗气地讲话（或大笑）；猛击
braying例句：
A don
key was braying on the hill behind the house. 房子后面的山上传来驴叫声。 来自互联网
What's the use of her braying out such words? 她粗声粗气地说这种话有什么用呢？ 来自互联网
相关单词：whimsies
whimsies解释：n.怪念头( whimsy的名词复数 )；异想天开；怪脾气；与众不同的幽默感
whimsies例句：
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