Such genius in our country runs to waste, a waste, as pitiful, it seems to me, as that of pulling down a star from the firmament for use as a lucifer match.

在我国，这样的天才一般浪费掉了。这种浪费，在我看来，就好象是从天上摘下一颗明星用来做火柴一样让人可叹。