But so has every acorn the essentials for making a great oak tree, yet the Japanese show us that even an oak may be stunted by continual pruning of its shoots.

• 但是日本的说法是，即便橡子也拥有长成参天大树的各种必须条件，但是如果我们不停的对它的新枝进行修剪，它也只能长得十分矮小。