Voyages to the Moon and the Sun

he could never imagine what it was to possess private property, his own belonging less to him than to such of his acquaintance as needed it.

他无法想象拥有私产为何物，他的东西与其说属于自己，不如说属于那些有需要的朋友。

where Le Bret saw a noble, almost austere genius, they went to the opposite extreme and saw a madman.

勒布雷视他为高贵、近乎严厉的天才，而他们却走向另一极端，视他为疯子。