The effect of the news
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A notícia de que ela vivia alegre, quando eu chorava todas as noites, produziu-me aquele efeito, acompanhado de um bater de coração, tão violento, que ainda agora cuido ouvi-lo. Há alguma exageração nisto; mas o discurso humano é assim mesmo, um composto de partes excessivas e partes diminutas, que se compensam, ajustando-se.
The news that she lived happily, when I wept every night, produced me that effect, accompanied by a beating of the heart, so violent, that still now I think I hear it. There is some exaggeration in this; but human discourse is thus indeed, a compound of excessive parts and diminutive parts, that compensate each other, adjusting themselves.
The narrator describes the violent effect of hearing that she was happy while he wept every night, and reflects on the nature of human discourse.
The narrator reflects on the violent emotional impact of hearing that his beloved was happy while he suffered, and then philosophizes that human discourse is a balance of excess and deficiency.
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