If " compression is the first grace of style, "

如果“精简是风雅之首”，

you have it. Contractility is a virtue

你已具有。收缩是一种美德，

as modesty is a virtue.

同谦虚一样。

It is not the acquisition of any one thing

不是为了获取任何一种

that is able to adorn,

用于点缀的东西，

or the incidental quality that occurs

也不是我们珍视的风格里

as a concomitant of something well said,

那种伴随俏皮话而来的

that we value in style,

偶然特性，

but the principle that is hid:

而是隐藏的原则：

in the absence of feet, " a method of conclusions " ;

音脚缺席时，“一种收尾方式”；

" a knowledge of principles, "

“一种对原则的认知”

In the curious phenomenon of your occipital horn.

在你后脑触角的奇异触觉中。