and that their commissariat had no organization, but depended on irregular raids.

他们的军需供应处于无组织状态，只是靠临时抢夺来维持。

Yet a great many processes depending on such research are sought for with complete secrecy until the stage at which patents can be taken out.

然而，依赖这种研究的很多工艺程序是在完全保密的情况下进行的，直到可以取得专利权的阶段为止。

Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen, and unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.

习惯与大自然和印第安人作斗争以求生存的拓荒者被政客、银行家和商人搞得晕头转向，最后被圈地、尖律我外来的清规戒律所击败。

And the sensitive observer of sculpture must also learn to feel shape simply as shape,

因此，敏锐的雕塑观赏者也必须学会把形体作为形体来感觉，

later, we shall undergo a progressive loss of our vigour and resistance which, though imperceptible at first,

再迟一些，我们就要经历生命力和抵抗力逐步衰退的过程。虽然这个过程起初难以觉察，

like the cooling of a hot kettle or the wearing-out of a pair of shoes.

就像一壶热水迟早会凉下来，一双鞋渐渐会磨破一样。