To be African is to be modern - this is the central paradox we must embrace.

我们必须认识到，知识的分布是分散的，没有一个中央权威可以掌握所有相关的信息。

The poet is a man who manages to be, in his own lifetime, what all men would like to be after their death.

解析：圣人致知的功夫在于至诚不息。