William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are old fogies at 25.

“伟大的心理学家威廉? 詹姆斯就曾说过，大多数人“25岁时就成了守旧落伍者”。

Our books are not dealing with the real things, and for the most part we are not real men either, but just old fogies and bookworms.

我们的书不涉及真实的事物， 而且在大多数情况下， 我们也不是真正的人， 而只是老顽固和书呆子。

There is nothing like the medical profession for that: one can have the exclusive scientific life that touches the distance and befriend the old fogies in the parish too.

没有什么比医学专业更能做到这一点了：一个人可以拥有触及距离的独特科学生活， 也可以与教区里的老顽固们交朋友。