that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

• 这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代;这是智慧的时代，也是愚蠢的时代;这是笃信的时代，也是疑虑的时代;这是光明的季节，也是黑暗的季节;