As you know, my reaction to Peter was extremely favorable when I met him.
如你所知,刚遇到彼德时我是非常喜欢他的。
The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh.
骨肉越亲,恩情越深。
This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the'happy few' during the past centuries.