Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history.

  • -- Robert Hall 霍尔

在所有的文学作品中,传记也许是最令人愉快的。把注意力集中在一个人身上,使构成这个人的材料统一起来,这是一般历史所缺乏的。

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Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.

也许这是合理的批评,尽管它可能是有害的。也许我没有足够重视那些和我有自然亲和力的自由派人士,他们对此感到失望。

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.

历史上很少有个别历史能够在没有战争或革命的情况下走自己的路。

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

个体在其个体化中反映了预先设定的剥削的社会规律,尽管这些规律是经过中介的。

I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.

我不喜欢别人看着我;我讨厌这种关注。