The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.

• 正常的人一显示出这样的特点，心灵反常的人会迅速觉察，缠住不放。 这么一来，在我上大学时便有人极不公正地指责我会耍政治手腕，原因就是一些狂放不羁、深不可测的人却向我披露他们的心头隐痛。