There is only one difference between an old man and a young one:

老年人和年轻人之间仅仅有一个不同：

and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.

想到能做的事都做了，也就坦然了。

And although no period or place in American history has been more absurdly romanticized, myth and reality did join hands in at least one arena, the conflict between the individual and encroaching civilization.

虽然在美国历史上没有任何时期或地区像西部拓荒时期那样被荒谬地浪漫主义化了，但神话和事实至少在某一个舞台上共存，也就是存在于个人与渐渐闯入的文明这两者的冲突之中。

climbed up the dunes, and sat down on a road.

爬上沙丘，最后停在路上。

In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all.

在原始文化中，寻求和接受传统教育的义务对全民都有约束力。

When it is eating normally, its own training begins.

当它进食正常了，训练就开始。