They are mute historians, inarticulate historians, but historians nevertheless, and the more we can take the burden of memory off them, the less they may need to suffer — in an effort to help us to remember.
身体是哑的历史学家,不善言辞的历史学家,但仍然是历史学家,我们越能减轻记忆的负担,身体器官就越不需要遭受痛苦——为了帮助我们记住某些事情的痛苦。