More than this, in every society worth the name, the man of sixty had been encouraged to ride this hobby — the Pursuit of Ignorance in Silence — as though it were the easiest way to get rid of him.

不仅如此，在每个名副其实的社会中，六十岁的人都被鼓励从事这种爱好——在沉默中追寻无知——好像这是摆脱他的最简单方法。