合乎情理的论据 meaning in English

a legitimate argument reason case etc

Whether he believed on the rational grounds put before him by the freemason , or believed , as children do , through the intonations , the conviction , and the earnestness , of the masons words , the quiver in his voice that sometimes almost broke his utterance , or the gleaming old eyes that had grown old in that conviction , or the calm , the resolution , and the certainty of his destination , which were conspicuous in the whole personality of the old man , and struck pierre with particular force , beside his own abjectness and hopelessness , any way , with his whole soul he longed to believe , and believed and felt a joyful sense of soothing , of renewal , and of return to life
他是否相信共济会员言谈中合乎情理的论据，或者像儿童一样相信共济会员发言的语调坚强信念和热忱相信嗓音的颤抖有时几乎会打断共济会员的发言，或者相信老年人这对由于信仰而变得衰老的闪闪发亮的眼睛，或者相信从共济会员整个内心世界中闪耀出光辉的那种沉着和坚定以及对自己使命的认识与皮埃尔的颓丧和失望相比照，共济会员的这些特点使皮埃尔大为惊讶，他诚心地希望确立自己的信念，而且也这样做了，他体会到一种安泰更新和复活的快感。