He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thoug

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He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics

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本句考查点是宾语从句,非限制性定语从句。主干是He asserted that…。宾语从句的结构是his power to… was…。其中不定式to引导的部分 follow …of thought做power的定语;for which reason所引导的非限制性定语从句中又包含一个that引导的表语从句。   参考译文:达尔文同时声称,对于冗长而且纯抽象的思想,自己的理解能力并不强。因为这个原因,他相信自己在数学方面根本不会成功。