And yet there should be no combination of events for which the wit of man cannot conceive an explanation. Simply as a mental exercise, without any assertion that it is true, let me indicate a possible line of thought. It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?
然而，就人类的智力而言，对于一系列相互关联的事件想不出解释来，这是不可能的事。我来指一条可能的思路吧，就当做是一次智力练习，且不管它对还是不对。我承认，这仅仅是一种想象，不过，想象不始终是真实之母吗？