我们的工作、职责和影响力等等俗务已经生出了诸多烦恼，面对云我们至少可以保持静默，就像石头上的一块地衣。

As to our own work, duty, influence, etc., concerning which so much fussy pother is made, it will not fail of its due effect, though, like a lichen on a stone, we keep silent.